instanceidgenerator.java

Quartz 是个开源的作业调度框架

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package org.quartz.spi;

import org.quartz.SchedulerException;

/**
 * <p>
 * An InstanceIdGenerator is responsible for generating the clusterwide unique 
 * instance id for a <code>Scheduler</code> nodde.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * This interface may be of use to those wishing to have specific control over 
 * the mechanism by which the <code>Scheduler</code> instances in their 
 * application are named.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see org.quartz.simpl.SimpleInstanceIdGenerator
 */
public interface InstanceIdGenerator
{
    /**
     * Generate the instance id for a <code>Scheduler</code>
     * 
     * @return The clusterwide unique instance id.
     */
    String generateInstanceId() throws SchedulerException;
}