AccessionNumberGenerator.java

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package org.openmrs.module.radiology.order;

/**
 * Generate new unique accession numbers.
 */
public interface AccessionNumberGenerator {
    
    
    /**
     * Generates a new accession number. Note that this method is invoked in a non thread-safe way,
     * therefore implementations need to be thread safe.
     * 
     * @return the new accession number
     * @should always return a unique accession number when called multiple times
     */
    public String getNewAccessionNumber();
}