| /* |
| * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * UUIDGen adopted from the juddi project |
| * (http://sourceforge.net/projects/juddi/) |
| * |
| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.axis.components.uuid; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * A Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is a 128 bit number generated |
| * according to an algorithm that is garanteed to be unique in time and space |
| * from all other UUIDs. It consists of an IEEE 802 Internet Address and |
| * various time stamps to ensure uniqueness. For a complete specification, |
| * see ftp://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt [leach]. |
| * |
| * @author Steve Viens |
| * @version 1.0 11/7/2000 |
| * @since JDK1.2.2 |
| */ |
| public interface UUIDGen { |
| public String nextUUID(); |
| } |
