Coverage Report - org.apache.turbine.services.uniqueid.UniqueIdService
 
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UniqueIdService
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 package org.apache.turbine.services.uniqueid;
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 /*
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  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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  * distributed with this work for additional information
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  * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
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  * under the License.
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  */
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 import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
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 /**
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  * <p> This service provides unique identifiers for the instance of
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  * Turbine, and for objects it creates.
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  *
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  * @author <a href="mailto:Rafal.Krzewski@e-point.pl">Rafal Krzewski</a>
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  * @version $Id: UniqueIdService.java 615328 2008-01-25 20:25:05Z tv $
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  */
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 public interface UniqueIdService
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         extends Service
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 {
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     String SERVICE_NAME = "UniqueIdService";
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     /**
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      * <p> Returs an identifer of this Turbine instance that is unique
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      * both on the server and worldwide.
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      *
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      * @return A String with the instance identifier.
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      */
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     String getInstanceId();
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     /**
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      * <p> Returns an identifier that is unique within this turbine
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      * instance, but does not have random-like apearance.
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      *
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      * <p> This method is intended to work fast; it can be used for
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      * creating names of temporary files.
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      *
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      * @return A String with the non-random looking instance
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      * identifier.
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      * */
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     String getUniqueId();
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     /**
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      * <p> Returns a unique identifier that looks like random data.
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      *
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      * <p> This method provides indentifiers in a way that makes it
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      * hard to guess or count, but still ensures their uniqueness
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      * within this instance of Turbine.  It can be used for generating
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      * cookies or other data that travels back and forth between
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      * server and browser, and is potentialy security sensitive.
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      *
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      * @return A String with the random looking instance identifier.
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      */
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     String getPseudorandomId();
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 }