gcc/libjava/classpath/java/rmi/server/UID.java

/* UID.java -- The unique object Id
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package java.rmi.server;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.InetAddress;

/**
 * Represents the unique identifier over time for the host which has generated
 * it. It contains time (when created), counter (the number of the UID
 * creation order) and virtual machine id components. The UID can also be
 * constructed specifying a "well known" identifier in the for of short:
 * this identifier defines the UID uniqueness alone. 
 * 
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (audriusa@bioinformatics.org)
 */
public final class UID
    implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * Use the serial version uid for interoperability.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1086053664494604050L;
 
  /**
   * The UID counter (the ordinary number in the sequence of number of UID's,
   * created during the recent millisecond). In the next millisecond, it 
   * starts from the minimal value again. In the unlikely case of creating
   * more than 65536 uids per millisecond the process pauses till the next
   * ms.
   */
  private static short uidCounter = Short.MIN_VALUE;
  
  /**
   * The time, when the last UID has been created.
   */
  private static long last;

  /**
   * This constant tries to be the unique identifier of the virtual machine.
   */
  private static final int machineId = getMachineId();

  /**
   * The UID number in the UID creation sequence.
   */
  private short count;

  /**
   * Always gets the uniqueNr value.
   */
  private int unique;

  /**
   * The time stamp, when the UID was created.
   */
  private long time;
  
  /**
   * Create the new UID that would have the described features of the
   * uniqueness.
   */
  public UID()
  {
    synchronized (UID.class)
      {
        time = System.currentTimeMillis();
        unique = machineId;
        if (time > last)
          {
            last = time;
            count = uidCounter = Short.MIN_VALUE;
          }
        else
          {
            if (uidCounter == Short.MAX_VALUE)
              {
                // Make a 2 ms pause if the counter has reached the maximal
                // value. This should seldom happen.
                try
                  {
                    Thread.sleep(2);
                  }
                catch (InterruptedException e)
                  {
                  }
                uidCounter = Short.MIN_VALUE;
                time = last = System.currentTimeMillis();
              }
            count = ++uidCounter;
          }
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * Create the new UID with the well known id (number). All UIDs, creates
   * with the this constructor having the same parameter are equal to each
   * other (regardless to the host and time where they were created.
   * 
   * @param wellKnownId the well known UID.
   */
  public UID(short wellKnownId)
  {
    unique = wellKnownId;
  }
  
  /**
   * Get the hashCode of this UID.
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return (int) (unique ^ time ^ count);
  }
  
  /**
   * Compare this UID with another UID for equality (not equal to other types of
   * objects).
   */
  public boolean equals(Object other)
  {
    if (other instanceof UID)
      {
        UID ui = (UID) other;
        return unique == ui.unique && time == ui.time && count == ui.count;
      }
    else
      return false;
  }
  
  public static UID read(DataInput in) throws IOException
  {
    UID uid = new UID();
    uid.unique = in.readInt();
    uid.time = in.readLong();
    uid.count = in.readShort();
    return (uid);
  }

  public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException
  {
    out.writeInt(unique);
    out.writeLong(time);
    out.writeShort(count);
  }

  /**
   * Do our best to get the Id of this virtual machine.
   */
  static int getMachineId()
  {
    int hostIpHash;

    try
      {
        // Try to get the host IP.
        String host = InetAddress.getLocalHost().toString();
        // This hash is content - based, not the address based.
        hostIpHash = host.hashCode();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        // Failed due some reason.
        hostIpHash = 0;
      }

    // Should be the unque address if hashcodes are addresses.
    // Additionally, add the time when the RMI system was probably started
    // (this class was first instantiated).
    return new Object().hashCode() ^ (int) System.currentTimeMillis()
           ^ hostIpHash;
  }
  
    /**
   * Get the string representation of this UID.
   * 
   * @return a string, uniquely identifying this id.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    int max = Character.MAX_RADIX;
    // Translate into object count, counting from 0.
    long lc = (count - Short.MIN_VALUE) & 0xFFFF;
    return Long.toString(unique, max) + ":" + Long.toString(time, max) + "."
           + Long.toString(lc, max);
  }
}