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

All Superinterfaces:

javax.ejb.EJBObject, java.rmi.Remote

public interface SequencerManager

extends javax.ejb.EJBObject

Title: Description: Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003 Company:

Version:

1.0

Author:

Marco Samuel (samuelbb@sapo.pt)

Method Summary

long	nextValue(java.lang.String key) Obtains the next value for a sequence with a given name, creating this sequence with a base value of 1, if it doesn't exist already
long	nextValue(java.lang.String key, long base) Obtains the next value for a sequence with a given name, creating this sequence with a base value, if it doesn't exist already

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EJBObject

getEJBHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, isIdentical, remove

Method Detail

nextValue

public long nextValue(java.lang.String key,
                      long base)
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Obtains the next value for a sequence with a given name, creating this sequence with a base value, if it doesn't exist already

Parameters:

key - identification of the sequence

base - value to be started if it doesn't exists

Returns:

the next value of the sequence

nextValue

public long nextValue(java.lang.String key)
               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Obtains the next value for a sequence with a given name, creating this sequence with a base value of 1, if it doesn't exist already

Parameters:

key - identification of the sequence

Returns:

the next value of the sequence