/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012, Katy Hilgenberg.
 * Special acknowledgments to: Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel (http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de).
 * Contact: sdcf@cs.uni-kassel.de
 *
 * This file is part of the SDCFramework (Sensor Data Collection Framework) project.
 *
 * The SDCFramework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The SDCFramework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with the SDCFramework.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.util;

import android.content.Context;

/**
 * A global builder singkleton to create observable arams.
 * 
 * @author Katy Hilgenberg
 * 
 */
public class AlarmBuilder
{
  /**
   * The next alarm identifier.
   */
  private static int nextID = 0;
  
  /**
   * Observable alarm instance builder method.
   * 
   * @param owner
   *          the alarm owner
   * 
   * @param context
   *          the context
   * 
   * @return an unique observable alarm instance, with it's own action.
   */
  public synchronized static ObservableAlarm createAlarm( Object owner,
      Context context )
  {
    ObservableAlarm alarm = new ObservableAlarm( context, nextID++ );
    Logger.getInstance().debug(
        AlarmBuilder.class,
        String.format( "Alarm %d created by %s!", alarm.getId(),
            owner.getClass().getSimpleName() ) );
    return alarm;
  }
}