t.m.m._MaildirNameGenerator : class documentation

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Utility class to generate a unique maildir name

Instance Variables _clock An IReactorTime provider which will be used to learn the current time to include in names returned by generate so that they sort properly.

Method	__init__	Undocumented
Method	generate	Return a string which is intended to unique across all calls to this function (across all processes, reboots, etc).

def __init__(self, clock): (source)

Undocumented

def generate(self): (source)

Return a string which is intended to unique across all calls to this function (across all processes, reboots, etc).

Strings returned by earlier calls to this method will compare less than strings returned by later calls as long as the clock provided doesn't go backwards.

API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2011-10-27 16:27:37.