Re: [Handle-info] Question about creating new Handles

["Kebe, Ousmane" <kebe.4@osu.edu>]

Great! Thank you very much, that worked for me. It¹s exactly what I needed
to know.

Ousmane

On 1/10/16, 2:40 PM, "Robert Tupelo-Schneck" <schneck@cnri.reston.va.us>
wrote:

>As of v8 there is a "mintNewSuffix" flag which can be set on a
>CreateHandleRequest.  This will append a random suffix to the handle
>included with the request (which needs to include the slash) and will
>ensure uniqueness within the server's own storage.  So, for example,
>using the Java API:
>
>   HandleValue[] values = ...;
>   AuthenticationInfo authInfo = ...;
>   byte[] prefix = Util.encodeString("20.500.12345/"); // note ends with
>a slash
>   CreateHandleRequest request = new CreateHandleRequest(prefix, values,
>authInfo);
>   request.mintNewSuffix = true;
>
>mintNewSuffix=true can also be used as a query parameter to a PUT request
>in the HTTP API.
>
>Robert
> 
>> On 2016-01-10, at 11:59, Kebe, Ousmane <kebe.4@osu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, 
>> I was wondering if I could get some clarification on wether or not the
>>Handle Server only creates handles that you specify or if there is a way
>>to ask it to give you the next available handle.
>> So does the handle keep track of the last handle created so it can
>>auto-increment something to give you  as the next handle available?
>> If not does that mean you have to keep track of your own handles and
>>figure out your own way of giving it a new unique handle to create?
>> 
>> Any insight on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Ousmane Kebe
>> Web Application Developer
>> The Ohio State University
>> 
>> 
>> 
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