1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2008 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 *
16 */
17
18 package org.apache.juddi.keygen;
19
20 import org.apache.juddi.model.UddiEntityPublisher;
21 import org.uddi.v3_service.DispositionReportFaultMessage;
22
23 /**
24 * @author <a href="mailto:jfaath@apache.org">Jeff Faath</a>
25 */
26 public interface KeyGenerator {
27 public static final String UDDI_SCHEME = "uddi";
28 public static final String PARTITION_SEPARATOR = ":";
29 public static final String KEYGENERATOR_SUFFIX = "keygenerator";
30
31 /*
32 * Generates a key that is used to save a UDDI entity.
33 */
34 public String generate(UddiEntityPublisher publisher) throws DispositionReportFaultMessage;
35 }