Package org.archive.uid

A unique ID generator.

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Description

Interface Summary

Generator

A record-id generator.

Class Summary

GeneratorFactory	Factory that generates uids.
UUIDGenerator	Generates UUIDs, using java.util.UUID, formatted as URNs from the UUID namespace [See RFC4122].

Package org.archive.uid Description

A unique ID generator. Default is UUIDGenerator. To use another ID Generator, set the System Property org.archive.uid.GeneratorFactory.generator to point at an alternate implementation of Generator.

TODO

• MIME boundaries have upper-bound of 70 characters total including 'blank line' (CRLFCRLF) and two leading hyphens. Add to Generator interface an upper-bound on generated ID length.
• Add example of an actionable uid generator: e.g. http://archive.org/UID-SCHEME/ID where scheme might be UUID and an ID might be f9472055-fbb6-4810-90e8-68fd39e145a6;type=metadata or, using ARK: http://archive.org/ark:/13030/f9472055-fbb6-4810-90e8-68fd39e145a6;type=metadata.