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package org.activiti.engine.impl.cfg;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.db.IdBlock;
/**
* generates {@link IdBlock}s that are used to assign ids to new objects.
*
* The scope of an instance of this class is process engine,
* which means that there is only one instance in one process engine instance.
*
* @author Tom Baeyens
* @author Joram Barrez
*/
public interface IdGenerator {
String getNextId();
}