Coverage Report - org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.IDGenerator

Classes in this File	Line Coverage	Branch Coverage	Complexity
IDGenerator	N/A	N/A	1.0;1

1		/*
2		* Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3		*
4		* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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9		*
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15		*/
16		package org.apache.commons.betwixt.io;
17
18
19		/** <p>Interface allowing pluggable <code>ID</code> attribute value generators.</p>
20		*
21		* <p> <code>IDGenerator</code>'s are used to generate <code>ID</code>
22		* attribute values by <code>BeanWriter</code>.
23		* A user can specify the generation mechanism by passing an implementation to
24		* {@link BeanWriter#setIdGenerator}.</p>
25		*
26		* <p>Standard implementations are included with that supply random and sequantial values.</p>
27		*
28		* @author <a href="mailto:rdonkin@apache.org">Robert Burrell Donkin</a>
29		* @version $Revision: 155402 $
30		*/
31		public interface IDGenerator {
32
33		/**
34		* Get the last <code>ID</code> value generated.
35		*
36		* @return the last value generated
37		*/
38		public String getLastId();
39
40		/**
41		* Generate a new <code>ID</code> attribute value.
42		*
43		* @return next value
44		*/
45		public String nextId();
46		}