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036    
037    package org.deegree.framework.util;
038    
039    /**
040     * Produces unique IDs (used to generate Request-IDs, for example).
041     * <p>
042     *
043     * @author <a href="mailto:mschneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider</a>
044     * @version $Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $
045     */
046    public class IDGenerator {
047    
048        /**
049         * The only instance of this class.
050         */
051        private static IDGenerator instance = null;
052    
053        /** The current ID. */
054        private long id = 0;
055    
056        /**
057         * Returns the only instance of this class.
058         *
059         * @return the only instance of IDGenerator
060         *
061         */
062        synchronized public static IDGenerator getInstance() {
063            if ( instance == null )
064                instance = new IDGenerator();
065            return instance;
066        }
067    
068        /**
069         * Generates a completly unique ID.
070         *
071         * @return a unique ID
072         */
073        synchronized public long generateUniqueID() {
074            return id++;
075        }
076    }