org.fcrepo.kernel.identifiers

Interface PidMinter

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpPidMinter, UUIDPathMinter, UUIDPidMinter

public interface PidMinter

Defines the behavior of a component that can accept responsibility for the creation of Fedora PIDs. Do not implement this interface directly. Subclass BasePidMinter instead.

Since:

Feb 7, 2013

Author:

eddies, ajs6f

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	mintPid() Mint a new PID

Method Detail

mintPid

String mintPid()

Mint a new PID

Returns:

a new identifier