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IdGenerator.java
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IdGenerator.java
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2013, Hazelcast, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.hazelcast.core;
/**
* Cluster-wide unique id generator.
*/
public interface IdGenerator extends DistributedObject {
/**
* Try to initialize this IdGenerator instance with given id
*
* @return true if initialization success
*/
public boolean init(long id);
/**
* Generates and returns cluster-wide unique id.
* Generated ids are guaranteed to be unique for the entire cluster
* as long as the cluster is live. If the cluster restarts then
* id generation will start from 0.
*
* @return cluster-wide new unique id
*/
long newId();
}