001/** 002 * Copyright 2014 DuraSpace, Inc. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016package org.fcrepo.kernel.identifiers; 017 018/** 019 * Defines the behavior of a component that can accept responsibility 020 * for the creation of Fedora PIDs. Do not implement this interface directly. 021 * Subclass BasePidMinter instead. 022 * 023 * @author eddies 024 * @author ajs6f 025 * @since Feb 7, 2013 026 */ 027public interface PidMinter { 028 029 /** 030 * Mint a new PID 031 * @return a new identifier 032 */ 033 String mintPid(); 034 035}