de.innovationgate.utils

Class UIDGenerator

java.lang.Object

de.innovationgate.utils.UIDGenerator

public class UIDGenerator
extends java.lang.Object

All-purpose generator for unique IDs. The IDs generated by this class are based on a random 64 character string and the current system time, hashed by MD5. The resulting string is a 32 character hexadecimal value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UIDGenerator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	generateMD5Hash(java.lang.String hashString) Generates an MD5 hash from the given string
static java.lang.String	generateUID() Generate a unique ID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UIDGenerator

public UIDGenerator()

Method Detail

generateUID

public static java.lang.String generateUID()

Generate a unique ID

generateMD5Hash

public static java.lang.String generateMD5Hash(java.lang.String hashString)

Generates an MD5 hash from the given string

Parameters:

hashString -