1 /** 2 * Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Funambol 3 * 4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 6 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 7 * (at your option) any later version. 8 * 9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 12 * GNU General Public License for more details. 13 * 14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 15 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 17 */ 18 19 package sync4j.framework.protocol; 20 21 /** 22 * This interface specifies an id generator. The <i>next()</i> method returns the 23 * newest generated id, whilst <i>current()</i> returns the latest generated id. 24 * <p> 25 * 26 * @author Stefano Fornari @ funambol 27 * @version $Id: IdGenerator.java,v 1.5 2005/03/02 20:57:38 harrie Exp $ 28 */ 29 public interface IdGenerator { 30 31 /** 32 * Returns a new generated id. 33 * 34 * @return a new generated id. 35 */ 36 public String next(); 37 38 /** 39 * Reset the generator to 0. 40 */ 41 public void reset(); 42 43 /** 44 * Returns the last generated id (which is the current id). 45 * 46 * @return the last generated id 47 */ 48 public String current(); 49 }