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 * Copyright 2002-2015 SCOOP Software GmbH
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package org.copperengine.core.common;

/**
 * Id factory used by COPPER for creating unique IDs, e.g. for workflow instance ids or correlation id.
 * 
 * @author austermann
 */
public interface IdFactory {
    /**
     * creates a new id
     * @return
     *        A new id
     */
    public String createId();

    /**
     * startup of the factory
     */
    public void startup();

    /**
     * shutdown of the factory
     */
    public void shutdown();
}
