1 /* 2 * Copyright 2004-2005 OpenSymphony 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 5 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy 6 * of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 * 16 */ 17 package org.quartz.spi; 18 19 import org.quartz.SchedulerException; 20 21 /** 22 * <p> 23 * An InstanceIdGenerator is responsible for generating the clusterwide unique 24 * instance id for a <code>Scheduler</code> node. 25 * </p> 26 * 27 * <p> 28 * This interface may be of use to those wishing to have specific control over 29 * the mechanism by which the <code>Scheduler</code> instances in their 30 * application are named. 31 * </p> 32 * 33 * @see org.quartz.simpl.SimpleInstanceIdGenerator 34 */ 35 public interface InstanceIdGenerator { 36 /** 37 * Generate the instance id for a <code>Scheduler</code> 38 * 39 * @return The clusterwide unique instance id. 40 */ 41 String generateInstanceId() throws SchedulerException; 42 }