EMFIdGenerator (org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf 1.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

EMFSemanticIdConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeIdGenerator, EMFSemanticIdConverter.Default, FragmentIdGenerator, IdentificationIdGenerator, SemanticFragmentIdConverter, UUIDIdGenerator, XMIIDGenerator
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public interface EMFIdGenerator
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A generator class that creates a unique identifier for a given EObject. Ideally, the generated IDs should be considered stable during resource close/load and across model modifications. The ids are used when indexing the element and may be given to the GModel element.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getOrCreateId(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject element)`	Returns a unique identifier for the given element.

- Method Detail
  - getOrCreateId
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java.lang.String getOrCreateId(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject element)
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    Returns a unique identifier for the given element. The same element must always return the same id and should not conflict with other elements.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - source element
    
    Returns:
    
    unique ID