1 /** 2 * JORM: an implementation of a generic mapping system for persistent Java 3 * objects. Two mapping are supported: to RDBMS and to binary files. 4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D - INRIA 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 19 * 20 * Contact: jorm-team@objectweb.org 21 * 22 */ 23 24 package org.objectweb.jorm.facility.naming.generator; 25 26 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException; 27 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PClassMapping; 28 29 /** 30 * Provides a generator of long identifiers and ensures that allocated ones are 31 * never proposed again (allocation information is made persistent). 32 * @author P. Dechamboux 33 */ 34 public interface LongGen { 35 /** 36 /** 37 * Generates a new long identifier. 38 * @return The new identifier. 39 */ 40 long genId() throws PException; 41 42 long genId(Object conn) throws PException; 43 } 44