batik-svggen/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/svggen/SVGIDGenerator.java

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package org.apache.batik.svggen;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Generates id for an arbitrary number of prefix
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:cjolif@ilog.fr">Christophe Jolif</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.hardy@eng.sun.com">Vincent Hardy</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class SVGIDGenerator {
    private Map prefixMap = new HashMap();

    public SVGIDGenerator() {
    }

    /**
     * Generates an id for the given prefix. This class keeps
     * track of all invocations to that it generates unique ids
     *
     * @param prefix defines the prefix for which the id should
     *               be generated.
     * @return a value of the form <prefix><n>
     */
    public String generateID(String prefix) {
        Integer maxId = (Integer)prefixMap.get(prefix);
        if (maxId == null) {
            maxId = new Integer(0);
            prefixMap.put(prefix, maxId);
        }

        maxId = new Integer(maxId.intValue()+1);
        prefixMap.put(prefix, maxId);
        return prefix + maxId;
    }
}