org.craftercms.core.util.generators

Interface TimestampGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

IncrementalTimestampGenerator

public interface TimestampGenerator

Generator for timestamps. The concrete class the represents the timestamp is defined by implementing classes.

Also, implementations should be thread safe.

Author:

Alfonso Vásquez

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	generate() Generates a new timestamp.

Method Detail

generate

long generate()

Generates a new timestamp. The implementations should return an identifier that's unique across repeated calls in a considerable amount of time.

Returns:

the new timestamp