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044 package org.deegree.framework.util;
045
046 import java.sql.SQLException;
047
048 /**
049 * This interface defines a generator for unique values for the primary key
050 * in a database table.
051 * <p>
052 * NOTE: At the moment, every application has to take care of locking the table
053 * to prevent problems in multithreaded or multihosted applications.
054 * <p>
055 * @author Markus Schneider <a href="mailto:mschneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
056 * @version $Revision: 9339 $ $Date: 2007-12-27 13:31:52 +0100 (Do, 27 Dez 2007) $
057 */
058 public interface DataBaseIDGenerator {
059
060 /**
061 * Generates a new Id, suitable as a primary key for the next dataset.
062 * <p>
063 * @return Id, the object type depends on the database field used as
064 * primary key
065 */
066 public Object generateUniqueId () throws SQLException;
067 }