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package com.datastax.driver.core;

/**
 * A timestamp generator that always returns {@link Long#MIN_VALUE}, in order to let Cassandra
 * assign server-side timestamps.
 */
public class ServerSideTimestampGenerator implements TimestampGenerator {
    /**
     * The unique instance of this generator.
     */
    public static final TimestampGenerator INSTANCE = new ServerSideTimestampGenerator();

    @Override
    public long next() {
        return Long.MIN_VALUE;
    }

    private ServerSideTimestampGenerator() {
    }
}