org.fcrepo.kernel.identifiers

Interface PidMinter

public interface PidMinter

Defines the behavior of a component that can accept responsibility for the creation of Fedora PIDs. Do not implement this interface directly. Subclass BasePidMinter instead.

Since:

Feb 7, 2013

Author:

eddies, ajs6f

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
com.google.common.base.Function<Object,String>	makePid() Provide a helpful function to mint any number of PIDs
String	mintPid() Mint a new PID

Method Detail

mintPid

String mintPid()

Mint a new PID

Returns:

a new identifier

makePid

com.google.common.base.Function<Object,String> makePid()

Provide a helpful function to mint any number of PIDs

Returns:

a function for minting new identifiers