org.opencastproject.mediapackage.identifier

Class UUIDIdBuilderImpl

java.lang.Object

org.opencastproject.mediapackage.identifier.UUIDIdBuilderImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

IdBuilder

public class UUIDIdBuilderImpl
extends Object
implements IdBuilder

Default implementation of an id builder. This implementation yields for a distributed id generator that will create unique ids for the system.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UUIDIdBuilderImpl() Creates a new id builder.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Id	createNew() Creates a new identifier.
Id	fromString(String id) This method can be used to determine if id is in fact a vaild identifier as expected by this id builder.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UUIDIdBuilderImpl

public UUIDIdBuilderImpl()

Creates a new id builder.

Method Detail

createNew

public Id createNew()

Description copied from interface: IdBuilder

Creates a new identifier. The identifier is supposed to be unique within a running system.

The default implementation will return a uuid-style identifier.

Specified by:

createNew in interface IdBuilder

Returns:

the new identifier

See Also:

IdBuilder.createNew()

fromString

public Id fromString(String id)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: IdBuilder

This method can be used to determine if id is in fact a vaild identifier as expected by this id builder. If this is not the case, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Specified by:

fromString in interface IdBuilder

Returns:

the id

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the identifier is malformed

See Also:

IdBuilder.fromString(String)