org.openmrs.api

Interface OrderNumberGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

OrderServiceImpl

public interface OrderNumberGenerator

Will be implemented by classes that auto generate order numbers. This will let implementations or modules create their own order number generation schemes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getNewOrderNumber(OrderContext orderContext) Generates a new order number.

Method Detail

getNewOrderNumber

String getNewOrderNumber(OrderContext orderContext)

Generates a new order number. Note that this method is invoked in a non thread-safe way, therefore implementations need to be thread safe.

Parameters:

orderContext -

Returns:

the new order number Should always return unique orderNumbers when called multiple times without saving orders