org.wegra.net
Class GUID

java.lang.Object
  org.wegra.net.GUID

public class GUID

extends java.lang.Object

class Guid creates a Global/Universal Unique ID, per DCE RPC specification. Requires seed of MAC address/node identifier (12-digit hex string) for uniqueness. Specification found at the OpenGroup.Org web site.

Nested Class Summary

static class

GUID.Test

Constructor Summary

GUID()
Guid() - default constructor

GUID(java.lang.String newMac)
Guid(String) - seeded constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNewGuid() getNewGuid calls set to generate a new GUID
void	set() set is where all the work is done
java.lang.String	toString() toString returns the current values as a single string per RFC

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GUID

public GUID()
     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Guid() - default constructor

GUID

public GUID(java.lang.String newMac)
     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Guid(String) - seeded constructor

Parameters:

newMac - String as the seed value for fifth element of string GUID

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Method Detail

getNewGuid

public java.lang.String getNewGuid()

getNewGuid calls set to generate a new GUID

Returns:

the latest GUID

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString returns the current values as a single string per RFC

Returns:

the timebase from set() concatenated to the initialization string

set

public void set()

set is where all the work is done