uk.org.ogsadai.common
Class UniqueName

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.org.ogsadai.common.UniqueName

public final class UniqueName

extends java.lang.Object

Provides unique names for use by the system.

T This does not include hardening, so after the JVM is stopped and started again, the naming may not be unique. A timestamp is used as a seed to assist with uniqueness, but uniqueness cannot be guaranteed.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String	COPYRIGHT_NOTICE
private long	mCurrentName
private static UniqueName	mUniqueName

Constructor Summary

private

UniqueName() Private constructor for singleton pattern.

Method Summary

static UniqueName	getInstance() Returns a singleton instance of this class.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns a unique name based on a HEX timestamp seed, of the form ogsadai-100033ad2a7.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

mUniqueName

private static UniqueName mUniqueName

mCurrentName

private long mCurrentName

Constructor Detail

UniqueName

private UniqueName()

Private constructor for singleton pattern.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static UniqueName getInstance()

Returns a singleton instance of this class.

Returns:

singleton instance.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns a unique name based on a HEX timestamp seed, of the form ogsadai-100033ad2a7.

Returns:

unique name.