Package org.wikidata.wdtk.wikibaseapi

Class RandomGuidGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.wikidata.wdtk.wikibaseapi.RandomGuidGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

GuidGenerator

public class RandomGuidGenerator
extends Object
implements GuidGenerator

Generates fresh hashes for new statements, snaks or references, based on Java's own random generator (java.util.UUID).

Author:

antonin

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.wikidata.wdtk.wikibaseapi.GuidGenerator

STATEMENT_GUID_SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RandomGuidGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	freshStatementId(String entityId)	Generates a fresh statement id.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RandomGuidGenerator

public RandomGuidGenerator()

Method Details

freshStatementId

public String freshStatementId(String entityId)

Generates a fresh statement id. This consists of a first part with the entity id of the item the statement belongs to, plus a random hash of the form /^\{?[A-Z\d]{8}-[A-Z\d]{4}-[A-Z\d]{4}-[A-Z\d]{4}-[A-Z\d]{12}\}?\z/

Specified by:

freshStatementId in interface GuidGenerator

Parameters:

entityId - the entity the statement belongs to

Returns:

a fresh UUID in the required format.