/*
 * Copyright 2000-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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package org.apache.jetspeed.idgenerator;


/**
 * This service handles the generation of unique identifiers
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:paulsp@apache.org">Paul Spencer</a>
 * @version $Id: IdGenerator.java,v 1.1 2004/05/20 15:58:58 weaver Exp $
 */
public interface IdGenerator
{
    /**
     * Generate a Unique Portlet Entity ID
     *
     * @return Unique Portlet Entity ID
     */    
    public String getNextPeid();
    
}

