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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+
+package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.connect.util;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class MessageCounter {
+ final AtomicInteger messageId = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+ private static final String messageIdBlueprint = "%s-%s";
+
+ public String getNewMessageId(final String prefix) {
+ Preconditions.checkArgument(Strings.isNullOrEmpty(prefix) == false, "Null or empty prefix");
+ return String.format(messageIdBlueprint, prefix, getNewMessageId());
+ }
+
+ public String getNewMessageId() {
+ return Integer.toString(messageId.getAndIncrement());
+ }
+}