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 * 
 * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package com.sun.jini.reggie;

import net.jini.id.Uuid;
import net.jini.id.UuidFactory;

/**
 * Class for generating {@link Uuid} instances.  By default, Reggie uses instances of this class to
 * generate <code>Uuid</code>s; this behavior can be customized by providing as configuration entry
 * values instances of subclasses which override the {@link #generate} method of this class.
 *
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * @since 2.0
 */
@com.gigaspaces.api.InternalApi
public class UuidGenerator {

    /**
     * Creates new <code>UuidGenerator</code> instance.
     */
    public UuidGenerator() {
    }

    /**
     * Generates a new <code>Uuid</code>.  The default implementation of this method returns the
     * result of calling {@link UuidFactory#generate}; subclasses can override this method to
     * customize <code>Uuid</code> generation.
     *
     * @return newly generated <code>Uuid</code>
     */
    // REMIND: accept last generated Uuid as input, for stateful generators?
    public Uuid generate() {
        return UuidFactory.generate();
    }
}
