org.marketcetera.ors.info
Class NameGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.marketcetera.ors.info.NameGenerator

public class NameGenerator
extends Object

A generator of unique names comprising a prefix, a separator, and a monotonically increasing integer. Uniqueness is guaranteed only in the context of the current process and provided no more than Integer.MAX_VALUE names are generated.

Since:

2.0.0

Version:

$Id: NameGenerator.java 16154 2012-07-14 16:34:05Z colin $

Author:

tlerios@marketcetera.com

Field Summary

static String

INT_SEPARATOR The separator between the prefix and the integer.

Constructor Summary

NameGenerator(String prefix)
Creates a new name generator that uses the given prefix.

Method Summary

String

getNextName() Returns the receiver's next generated name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INT_SEPARATOR

public static final String INT_SEPARATOR

The separator between the prefix and the integer.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NameGenerator

public NameGenerator(String prefix)

Creates a new name generator that uses the given prefix.

Parameters:

prefix - The prefix.

Method Detail

getNextName

public String getNextName()

Returns the receiver's next generated name.

Returns:

The name.