org.openeai.uuidgen
Class GenericUuid

java.lang.Object
  org.openeai.OpenEaiObject
      org.openeai.uuidgen.GenericUuid

public class GenericUuid
extends OpenEaiObject

This class is used to either request a UUID (RandomUuid) from the URL specified or generate one locally if errors occur requesting one remotely.

Version:

3.0 - 28 January 2003

Author:

Tod Jackson (tod@openeai.org), Steve Wheat (steve@openeai.org)

See Also:

RandomUuid, Uuid

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.openeai.OpenEaiObject

logger

Constructor Summary

GenericUuid()
Constructor

GenericUuid(java.lang.String url)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getId() Returns the UUID currently contained within this object.
java.lang.String	getUrl() Returns the URL to be used when requesting a UUID.
java.lang.String	requestId(java.lang.String url) Requests a RandomUuid from the supplied URL.
void	setId(java.lang.String id) Sets the UUID currently contained within this object.
void	setUrl(java.lang.String url) Sets the URL to be used when requesting a UUID.

Methods inherited from class org.openeai.OpenEaiObject

getAppName, getDebug, getFromAddr, getMailHost, getMailService, getProperties, getToAddr, initializeLog4j, initializeLog4j, initializeLog4j, setAppName, setDebug, setFromAddr, setMailHost, setMailService, setProperties, setToAddr

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericUuid

public GenericUuid()

Constructor

GenericUuid

public GenericUuid(java.lang.String url)
            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getUrl

public java.lang.String getUrl()

Returns the URL to be used when requesting a UUID.

Returns:

String the url

setUrl

public void setUrl(java.lang.String url)

Sets the URL to be used when requesting a UUID.

Parameters:

url - String the url

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Returns the UUID currently contained within this object.

Returns:

String the UUID

setId

public void setId(java.lang.String id)

Sets the UUID currently contained within this object.

requestId

public java.lang.String requestId(java.lang.String url)
                           throws java.net.MalformedURLException,
                                  java.io.IOException

Requests a RandomUuid from the supplied URL.

A UUID will be generated locally if one of the following criteria are met:

• if no URL is supplied (null or empty string)
• if the URL is "localhost"
• if errors occur connecting to the supplied URL.

  Parameters:

  url - String the URL from which to request the UUID.

  Returns:

  String the UUID

  Throws:

  java.net.MalformedURLException

  java.io.IOException