wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Wikibase

<?php

namespace Wikibase\Repo\Store;

use RuntimeException;

/**
 * Generates a new unique numeric id for the provided type.
 * Ids are only unique per type.
 *
 * @license GPL-2.0-or-later
 * @author Jeroen De Dauw < jeroendedauw@gmail.com >
 */
interface IdGenerator {

    /**
     * @param string $type
     *
     * @return int
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException
     */
    public function getNewId( $type );

}