rice.pastry
Interface NodeIdFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

IPNodeIdFactory, RandomNodeIdFactory

public interface NodeIdFactory

An interface to any object capable of generating nodeIds.

Version:

$Id: NodeIdFactory.java,v 1.2 2002/02/28 07:04:48 druschel Exp $

Author:

Andrew Ladd

Method Summary

rice.pastry.NodeId

generateNodeId() Generates a nodeId.

Method Detail

generateNodeId

public rice.pastry.NodeId generateNodeId()

Generates a nodeId.

Returns:

a new node id.