IdGenerator.java

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package org.forgerock.util.generator;

import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

import org.forgerock.util.annotations.VisibleForTesting;

/**
 * Defines the contract to generate global unique identifiers.
 */
public interface IdGenerator {

    /**
     * Returns a new globally unique identifier.
     * @return a new globally unique identifier.
     */
    String generate();

    /**
     * The default implementation of {@link IdGenerator}.
     */
    IdGenerator DEFAULT = new SequenceUuidIdGenerator(UUID.randomUUID());

    /**
     * Default implementation of the {@link IdGenerator} that will output some ids based on the following pattern :
     * {@code <uuid> + '-' + an incrementing sequence}.
     */
    final class SequenceUuidIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {

        private final String prefix;
        private final AtomicLong sequence = new AtomicLong();

        @VisibleForTesting
        SequenceUuidIdGenerator(UUID uuid) {
            this.prefix = uuid.toString();
        }

        @Override
        public String generate() {
            return prefix + '-' + sequence.getAndIncrement();
        }
    }
}