1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 *
16 */
17 package org.apache.ws.addressing.uuid;
18
19 /***
20 * Provides the ability to generate Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs).
21 * Use {@link UUIdGeneratorFactory#createUUIdGenerator()} or
22 * {@link UUIdGeneratorFactory#createUUIdGenerator(String)} to obtain
23 * {@link UUIdGenerator} instances.
24 *
25 * @author Ian P. Springer <ian_springer@hp.com>
26 */
27 public interface UUIdGenerator {
28
29 /***
30 * Generate a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).
31 *
32 * @return a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)
33 */
34 String generateUUId();
35
36 }