info.bioinfweb.commons

Class LongIDManager

java.lang.Object

info.bioinfweb.commons.LongIDManager

public class LongIDManager
extends java.lang.Object

A tool class that creates unique long IDs.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Ben Stöver

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LongIDManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	createNewID() Returns a new sequence identifier that has not been returned before.
long	peekNextID() Peeks the value that would be returned by the next call of createNewID().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LongIDManager

public LongIDManager()

Method Detail

createNewID

public long createNewID()

Returns a new sequence identifier that has not been returned before.

Returns:

an integer greater or equal to zero

peekNextID

public long peekNextID()

Peeks the value that would be returned by the next call of createNewID().

Returns:

an integer greater or equal to zero