pt.jcodeutil.core.ejb.numbering.ent
Interface NumericSequencer

All Superinterfaces:

javax.ejb.EJBObject, java.rmi.Remote

public interface NumericSequencer

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

EJB that represents a sequence identified by a key. Using this EJB we can get the next value, do a reset of the value or remove it.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getKey() Get the key for this sequence.
long	getValue() Get the value for the sequence.
long	nextValue() Get the next value for the sequence.
void	setKey(java.lang.String key) Set the key for this sequence.
void	setValue(long value) Reset the value of the sequence for the given value.

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

nextValue

public long nextValue()
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the next value for the sequence.

Returns:

the next value for the sequence.

getValue

public long getValue()
              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the value for the sequence.

Returns:

the value for the sequence.

setValue

public void setValue(long value)
              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Reset the value of the sequence for the given value.

Parameters:

value - value to be updated in the sequence

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.String key)

Set the key for this sequence.

Parameters:

key - key to be set in this sequence.

getKey

public java.lang.String getKey()

Get the key for this sequence.

Returns:

the key for this sequence.