org.deegree.framework.util
Interface DataBaseIDGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericSQLIDGenerator

public interface DataBaseIDGenerator

This interface defines a generator for unique values for the primary key in a database table.

NOTE: At the moment, every application has to take care of locking the table to prevent problems in multithreaded or multihosted applications.

Version:

$Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18 Jun 2009) $

Author:

Markus Schneider Markus Schneider

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

generateUniqueId() Generates a new Id, suitable as a primary key for the next dataset.

Method Detail

generateUniqueId

java.lang.Object generateUniqueId()
                                  throws java.sql.SQLException

Generates a new Id, suitable as a primary key for the next dataset.

Returns:

Id, the object type depends on the database field used as primary key

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - if for some reason a problem was encountered