java 64 bit integer_How to create a 64 bit Unique Integer in Java?

If you need the numbers to be unique in one process, robust between restarts, you can use a simple AtomicLong and a timer.

private static final AtomicLong TS = new AtomicLong();

public static long getUniqueTimestamp() {

long micros = System.currentTimeMillis() * 1000;

for ( ; ; ) {

long value = TS.get();

if (micros <= value)

micros = value + 1;

if (TS.compareAndSet(value, micros))

return micros;

}

}

This will give you a unique "timestamp" with a millisecond accuracy but can only handle 1000 ids per millisecond without getting ahead of the actual time. This works fine on restart as the time will jump past previous values (again assuming you have less than one million per second on average)