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 "se wen" <se_wen@nightmail> wrote:


> Hi Joi Ellis,
> Thanks for your response. I think I need to explain a little more in what I
> am attempting to accomplish.
> My project currently creates a chart image and stores it in a directory (see
> code) with a specified file name "chart.PNG".
> 
> .................................................................
> JCEncodeComponent.encode(JCEncodeComponent.PNG, SESChart.snapshot(), new
> File("c:/Windows/jbproject/untitled8/src/untitled8/chart.PNG"));
> .................................................................
> 
> However, since there will be multiple users and threads at the same time
> accessing the chart method we need some method that can scan the name of the
> files in the directory (for the above example it would be 'untitled8') then
> assign a new name that does not already exist in that directory. This name
> would need to be able to be stored as a variable so that it can be passed to
> the above encoding method.
 

> Thanks again for your suggestions



Sounds like you need a database of some sort to return you a unique id
- though of course that brings its own overhead.


You could do something based on time to the millisecond?



Paul...

 
> Stuart