Axon.idGen.idGen

For examples and more explanations, see the module level docs.

class idGen(object)

Methods defined here

idToString(self, thing, aNumId)

INTERNAL

Combines the 'str()' of the object's class with the id to form a string id

next(self)

INTERNAL

Returns the next unique id, incrementing the private class variable

nextId(self)

INTERNAL

Returns the next unique id, incrementing the private class variable

numId(self)

Allocates & returns the next available id

strId(self, thing)

Allocates & returns the next available id combined with the object's class name, in string form

tupleId(self, thing)

Allocates the next available id and returns it both as a tuple (num,str) containing both the numeric version and a string version where it is combined with the object's class name.