1 /*
2 * Copyright 2000-2001,2004 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.jetspeed.services.idgenerator;
18
19 /***
20 * This service handles the generation of unique identifiers
21 *
22 * @author <a href="mailto:paulsp@apache.org">Paul Spencer</a>
23 * @version $Id: IdGeneratorService.java,v 1.2 2004/02/23 03:28:57 jford Exp $
24 */
25
26 // Turbine
27 import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
28
29 public interface IdGeneratorService extends Service
30 {
31
32 public String SERVICE_NAME = "IdGenerator";
33
34 /***
35 * Generate a Unique PEID
36 *
37 * @return Unique PEID
38 */
39 public String getNextPeid();
40
41 }
42