Hey
Just a thought...
Rickard �berg wrote:
> OTOH, in order to properly support evolution of the application the ID
> should perhaps be prefixed with a vendor tag (e.g. "com.iona.12").
> Otherwise there are some insert-link-remove-insert-link scenarios that
> will cause faulty/stale links. For example: element is inserted, then
> linked to giving it ID "12", element is removed, and then one element is
> added and linked to, which gives it the ID "12" which is free. The first
> link is now faulty. Using prefixes will make it easier, or rather will
> make it *possible*, for vendor tools to determine which ID's are free to
> use. Blah, etc, you get the picture..
.. or why not KISS:
new ID = System.currentTimeMillis()
which is always unique...
/Rickard, :-)
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