Project JXTA

net.jxta.impl.id
Class UUIDFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class UUIDFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A UUIDFactory generates a UUID id. UUIDs are used to uniquely identify objects such as peers, peer groups and pipes.

Since:
JXTA 1.0
See Also:
net.jxta.id.UUID, ID, IDFactory

Constructor Summary
UUIDFactory()
           
 
Method Summary
static UUID newUUID()
          Returns a new UUID value.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

UUIDFactory

public UUIDFactory()
Method Detail

newUUID

public static UUID newUUID()
Returns a new UUID value. This member must be synchronized because it makes use of shared internal state.
Returns:
UUID returns a version 4 IETF varient random UUID.
Since:
JXTA 1.0

Project JXTA