core/src/main/java/flex/messaging/util/UUIDGenerator.java

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package flex.messaging.util;

/**
 * A custom UUID generator can be set on MessageBroker in order to provide custom
 * uuid generation for NIO-HTTP session cookie and FlexClient id.
 */
public interface UUIDGenerator
{
    /**
     * Creates and returns a UUID.
     * 
     * @return UUID.
     */
    String createUUID();
}