org.objectweb.jorm.facility.naming.generator
Interface LongGen

All Known Implementing Classes:

LongGenIncr

public interface LongGen

Provides a generator of long identifiers and ensures that allocated ones are never proposed again (allocation information is made persistent).

Author:

P. D?chamboux

Method Summary

long	genId() Generates a new long identifier.
void	init(java.lang.String name, PClassMapping pcm, LongGenMgr mgr) Initializes this long generator.

Method Detail

init

public void init(java.lang.String name,
                 PClassMapping pcm,
                 LongGenMgr mgr)
          throws PException

Initializes this long generator. Verifies if it already exists and if not, creates it.

Parameters:

name - The name identifier associated with this long generator.

pcm - The associated PClassMapping.

mgr - The manager associated with this generator.

genId

public long genId()
           throws PException

Generates a new long identifier.

Returns:

The new identifier.