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Utilities.genID

Generates an ID.

This method has two variants, both are deprecated:

• genID (Variant 1) generates an ID that is safe within a virtual machine, but is not guaranteed cluster safe.

• genID (Variant 2) generates an ID that is cluster safe.

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Utilities.genID

Deprecated. Replaced by ICS.genId(boolean bclusterSafe) .

Generates a unique number based on the current time.

Syntax

public static final String 
genID()

Description

The genID method generates a unique number based on the current time.

This method is safe within the virtual machine. The ID is not guaranteed to be unique across several virtual machines.

Returns

Returns the string containing the number, or null on error.

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Utilities.genID

Deprecated. Replaced by ICS.genId(boolean bclusterSafe) .

Syntax

public static final String 
genID(ICS icsThread)

Parameters

icsThread

Input. Specify an interface object to synchronize this number across virtual machines and/or the cluster.

Description

The genID method generates a unique number based on the current time.

Returns

Returns the string containing the number, or null on error.

 

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