IUniqueIdentifierGenerator.java

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package org.openspcoop2.utils.id;


/**
 * OpenSPCoop UniqueIdentifier
 *
 * @author Poli Andrea (apoli@link.it)
 * @author $Author$
 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
 */
public interface IUniqueIdentifierGenerator {

    public abstract void init(Object ... o) throws UniqueIdentifierException;
    
    public abstract IUniqueIdentifier newID() throws UniqueIdentifierException;
    public default IUniqueIdentifier newID(boolean useBuffer) throws UniqueIdentifierException{
        return newID();
    }
    
    public abstract IUniqueIdentifier convertFromString(String value) throws UniqueIdentifierException;
    
    public default boolean isBufferSupperted() {
        return false;
    }
}