net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.security

Interface IdentifierGenerationStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

RandomIdentifierGenerationStrategy, SecureRandomIdentifierGenerationStrategy, Type4UUIDIdentifierGenerationStrategy

public interface IdentifierGenerationStrategy

Interface for identifier generators. This identifier can be used for things like digital signature identifiers, opaque principal identifiers, etc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	generateIdentifier() Generates an identifier guaranteed to be XML ID safe.
java.lang.String	generateIdentifier(boolean xmlSafe) Generates an identifier.

Method Detail

generateIdentifier

@Nonnull
java.lang.String generateIdentifier()

Generates an identifier guaranteed to be XML ID safe.

Returns:

the identifier

generateIdentifier

@Nonnull
java.lang.String generateIdentifier(boolean xmlSafe)

Generates an identifier.

Parameters:

xmlSafe - true iff the result must be XML ID safe

Returns:

the identifier