/**
* Copyright 2005-2016 hdiv.org
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.hdiv.idGenerator;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* A strategy for generating random tokens.
*
* @author Gorka Vicente
* @since HDIV 2.0.4
*/
public interface UidGenerator {
/**
* Generate a new unique id.
*
* @return a serializable id, guaranteed to be unique in some context
*/
Serializable generateUid();
/**
* Convert the string-encoded uid into its original object form.
*
* @param encodedUid the string encoded uid
* @return the converted uid
*/
Serializable parseUid(String encodedUid);
}