org.fcrepo.server.management
Interface PIDGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPIDGenerator, DBPIDGenerator

public interface PIDGenerator

Interface for generating Fedora PIDs.

Author:

Paul Charlton, Chris Wilper

Method Summary

PID	generatePID(String namespace) Generate a new pid that is guaranteed to be unique, within the given namespace.
PID	getLastPID() Get the last pid that was generated.
void	neverGeneratePID(String pid) Cause the given PID to never be generated by the PID generator.

Method Detail

generatePID

PID generatePID(String namespace)
                throws IOException

Generate a new pid that is guaranteed to be unique, within the given namespace.

Parameters:

namespace -

Returns:

the PID

Throws:

IOException

getLastPID

PID getLastPID()
               throws IOException

Get the last pid that was generated.

Returns:

the last PID that was generated

Throws:

IOException

neverGeneratePID

void neverGeneratePID(String pid)
                      throws IOException

Cause the given PID to never be generated by the PID generator.

Parameters:

pid -

Throws:

IOException