Incrementable (Cilogon parent module 5.6 API)

All Superinterfaces:

edu.uiuc.ncsa.security.core.Initializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DerbySequence, FSSequence, MemorySequence, MySQLSequence, PostgresSequence, Sequence
```
public interface Incrementable
extends edu.uiuc.ncsa.security.core.Initializable
```
An interface for things that need to return a next value atomically.
Created by Jeff Gaynor
on May 10, 2010 at 10:50:54 AM

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`createNew(long initialValue)`	This takes the place (or should) of `Initializable.createNew()` and passes along the first value of the newly created sequence.
`long`	`nextValue()`

Methods inherited from interface edu.uiuc.ncsa.security.core.Initializable
createNew, destroy, init, isCreated, isDestroyed, isInitialized

- Method Detail
  - nextValue
```
long nextValue()
```
  - createNew
```
boolean createNew(long initialValue)
```
    This takes the place (or should) of Initializable.createNew() and passes along the first value of the newly created sequence. Using this method without a value takes whatever the underlying implementation deems fit for a first value should be.
    
    Parameters:
    
    initialValue -
    
    Returns: