org.apache.axis.components.uuid
Class SimpleUUIDGen

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.axis.components.uuid.SimpleUUIDGen

All Implemented Interfaces:

UUIDGen

public class SimpleUUIDGen
extends java.lang.Object
implements UUIDGen

Used to create new universally unique identifiers or UUID's (sometimes called GUID's). UDDI UUID's are allways formmated according to DCE UUID conventions.

Since:

JDK1.2.2

Version:

0.3.2 3/25/2001

Author:

Maarten Coene, Steve Viens

Constructor Summary

SimpleUUIDGen()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

nextUUID() Creates a new UUID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimpleUUIDGen

public SimpleUUIDGen()

Method Detail

nextUUID

public java.lang.String nextUUID()

Creates a new UUID. The algorithm used is described by The Open Group. See Universal Unique Identifier for more details.

Due to a lack of functionality in Java, a part of the UUID is a secure random. This results in a long processing time when this method is called for the first time.

Specified by:

nextUUID in interface UUIDGen