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package org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils;

/**
 * Generator of record IDs for the journals.
 * <p>
 * Notice that while the bindings and messages journals are independent from one another they use
 * the same {@link IDGenerator} instance.
 * <p>
 * The next recordID should be persisted in the journals during a normal shutdown. The lack of such
 * a record indicates a server crash. During server restart, if the journals lack a
 * {@literal next-recordID} record, we use the last recorded ID plus {@code MAX_INT}.
 */
public interface IDGenerator {

   long generateID();

   long getCurrentID();
}
