001/*
002 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 SonarSource
004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005 *
006 * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010 *
011 * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
017 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
018 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
019 */
020package org.sonar.api.utils.internal;
021
022import java.util.UUID;
023
024/**
025 * @since 5.0
026 */
027public class Uuids {
028
029  private Uuids() {
030    // only static fields
031  }
032
033  /**
034   * Create a universally unique identifier. Underlying algorithm can change over SQ versions.
035   */
036  public static String create() {
037    return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
038  }
039}