1 /* 2 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 3 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 4 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 5 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 6 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 7 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 package org.apache.jetspeed.idgenerator; 18 19 20 /*** 21 * This service handles the generation of unique identifiers 22 * 23 * @author <a href="mailto:paulsp@apache.org">Paul Spencer</a> 24 * @version $Id: IdGenerator.java 516448 2007-03-09 16:25:47Z ate $ 25 */ 26 public interface IdGenerator 27 { 28 /*** 29 * Generate a Unique Portlet Entity ID 30 * 31 * @return Unique Portlet Entity ID 32 */ 33 public String getNextPeid(); 34 35 } 36