com.iwombat.foundation

Class IdentifierFactory

java.lang.Object

com.iwombat.foundation.IdentifierFactory

public final class IdentifierFactory
extends Object

Class responsible for creating unique identifiers.

Author:

jeremyp

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Identifier	createUniqueIdentifier()
static Identifier	createUniqueIdentifier(byte[] byteArray) Creates a new identifier from an existing (persisted) byte-array representation
static Identifier	createUniqueIdentifier(String hexString) Creates Identifier from hex String representation of an existing Identifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createUniqueIdentifier

public static Identifier createUniqueIdentifier()

Returns:

a new unique identifer.

createUniqueIdentifier

public static Identifier createUniqueIdentifier(byte[] byteArray)

Creates a new identifier from an existing (persisted) byte-array representation

Parameters:

byteArray - persisted byte-array representation of an Identifier.

Returns:

new Identifier from the existing byte-array representation

createUniqueIdentifier

public static Identifier createUniqueIdentifier(String hexString)

Creates Identifier from hex String representation of an existing Identifier

Parameters:

hexString - The String version of an existing Identifier.

Returns:

New Identifier from the existing hex String representation