/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso 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.
*
* Jspresso 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 Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.util.uid;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This interface has to be implemented by generators of GUID.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
* @param <E>
* the actual UID type generated.
*/
public interface IGUIDGenerator<E extends Serializable> {
/**
* Generates a new GUID.
*
* @return the GUID generated.
*/
E generateGUID();
}