net.sf.mmm.util.uuid.api

Class UuidAccess

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.uuid.api.UuidAccess

public final class UuidAccess
extends Object

This is an ugly static accessor for the UuidFactory used to create instances of UUID and allowing to exchange the default implementation.

Since:

1.0.1

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static UuidFactory	factory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	UuidAccess() The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static UuidFactory	getFactory() This method gets the UuidFactory used to create UUIDs.
static void	setFactory(UuidFactory factory) This method sets (overrides) the UuidFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

factory

private static UuidFactory factory

See Also:

getFactory()

Constructor Detail

UuidAccess

private UuidAccess()

The constructor.

Method Detail

getFactory

public static UuidFactory getFactory()

This method gets the UuidFactory used to create UUIDs.

Returns:

the UuidFactory to use.

setFactory

public static void setFactory(UuidFactory factory)

This method sets (overrides) the UuidFactory. This allows to exchange the UuidFactory and thereby the type of the created UUIDs.
ATTENTION:
No synchronization is performed setting the factory instance. This assumes that an assignment is an atomic operation in the JVM you are using. Additionally this method should only be invoked in the initialization phase of your application.

Parameters:

factory - is the factory to set.