org.pf.db.util
Class ObjectIdentifierGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.pf.text.ObjectIdGenerator
      org.pf.db.util.ObjectIdentifierGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IObjectIdGenerator, ObjectIdentifierProducer

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectIdentifierDB

public class ObjectIdentifierGenerator
extends ObjectIdGenerator
implements ObjectIdentifierProducer

This class provides identifiers by incrementing an internal counter, starting at 1.

Version:

1.5

Author:

Manfred Duchrow

Constructor Summary

ObjectIdentifierGenerator()
Initialize the new instance with default values.

ObjectIdentifierGenerator(int idLength)
Initialize the new instance with the length for the generated identifiers.

ObjectIdentifierGenerator(long startId, int idLength)
Initialize the new instance with the length for the generated identifiers and the id to start with.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.pf.text.ObjectIdGenerator

getLength, getPadChar, getPrefix, newIdentifier, nextIdentifier, setLength, setPadChar, setPrefix

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.pf.db.util.ObjectIdentifierProducer

nextIdentifier

Methods inherited from interface org.pf.bif.identifier.IObjectIdGenerator

newIdentifier

Constructor Detail

ObjectIdentifierGenerator

public ObjectIdentifierGenerator()

Initialize the new instance with default values. That is an ID length of 10 and a start ID of 1.

ObjectIdentifierGenerator

public ObjectIdentifierGenerator(int idLength)

Initialize the new instance with the length for the generated identifiers.

Parameters:

idLength - The length to which Ids are filled up with leading zeros (must be > 0)

ObjectIdentifierGenerator

public ObjectIdentifierGenerator(long startId,
                                 int idLength)

Initialize the new instance with the length for the generated identifiers and the id to start with.

Parameters:

startId - The first id to be generated

idLength - The length to which Ids are filled up with leading zeros