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package com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.packaging.mime.internet;


/**
 * This is a utility class that generates unique values. The generated
 * String contains only US-ASCII characters and hence is safe for use
 * in RFC822 headers. <p>
 *
 * This is a package private class.
 *
 * @author John Mani
 * @author Max Spivak
 * @author Bill Shannon
 */

class UniqueValue {
    /**
     * A global part number.  Access is not synchronized because the
     * value is only one part of the unique value and so doesn't need
     * to be accurate.
     */
    private static int part = 0;

    /**
     * Get a unique value for use in a multipart boundary string.
     *
     * This implementation generates it by concatenating a global
     * part number, a newly created object's <code>hashCode()</code>,
     * and the current time (in milliseconds).
     */
    public static String getUniqueBoundaryValue() {
        StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer();

        // Unique string is ----=_Part_<part>_<hashcode>.<currentTime>
        s.append("----=_Part_").append(part++).append("_").
          append(s.hashCode()).append('.').
          append(System.currentTimeMillis());
        return s.toString();
    }
}
