trunk/reference-impl/src/main/java/net/sf/taverna/t2/reference/impl/UUIDT2ReferenceGenerator.java

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package net.sf.taverna.t2.reference.impl;

import java.util.UUID;

import net.sf.taverna.t2.reference.T2ReferenceGenerator;

/**
 * A T2ReferenceGenerator based on UUIDs. Not as fast as
 * {@link SimpleT2ReferenceGenerator}, but IDs will be globally unique.
 * 
 * @author Stian Soiland-Reyes
 * 
 */
public class UUIDT2ReferenceGenerator extends AbstractT2ReferenceGenerator
		implements T2ReferenceGenerator {

	private String namespace = "uuid";

	/**
	 * Set the namespace for identifiers generated by this class as a string
	 * 
	 * @param newNamespace
	 *            the namespace to use
	 */
	public void setNamespace(String newNamespace) {
		this.namespace = newNamespace;
	}
	
	public String getNamespace() {
		return namespace;
	}

	@Override
	protected String getNextLocalPart() {
		return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
	}

}