Class IdGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.commonmark.ext.heading.anchor.IdGenerator

public class IdGenerator
extends Object

Generates strings to be used as identifiers.

Use builder() to create an instance.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	IdGenerator.Builder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static IdGenerator.Builder	builder()
String	generateId(String text)	Generate an ID based on the provided text and previously generated IDs.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

builder

public static IdGenerator.Builder builder()

Returns:

a new builder with default arguments

generateId

public String generateId(String text)

Generate an ID based on the provided text and previously generated IDs.

This method is not thread safe, concurrent calls can end up with non-unique identifiers.

Note that collision can occur in the case that

• Method called with 'X'
• Method called with 'X' again
• Method called with 'X-1'

In that case, the three generated IDs will be:

• X
• X-1
• X-1

Therefore if collisions are unacceptable you should ensure that numbers are stripped from end of text.

Parameters:

text - Text that the identifier should be based on. Will be normalised, then used to generate the identifier.

Returns:

text if this is the first instance that the text has been passed to the method. Otherwise, text + "-" + X will be returned, where X is the number of times that text has previously been passed in. If text is empty, the default identifier given in the constructor will be used.