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| === PID API === | == PID API == WSDL: attachment:DomsPIDGenerator.wsdl | 
PID API
A webservice for generating a PID is provided.
The API is trivially simple: A call to the given method will give the next available API. Optionally, a string may be given that should be part of the PID.
The call should never fail.
Implementation note: Due to a length restriction of 64 characters for Fedora PIDs, any string longer than approx 50 characters will be shortened, to ensure space for adding a unique part to the PID.
PID API
WSDL: attachment:DomsPIDGenerator.wsdl
The following describes those methods of the PID API that may be called by the GUI.
generateNexAvailablePID
Generates a new PID.
Input parameters:
- String infix The PID of the object. 
Returns:
- String The newly generated unique PID, possibly including the provided infix.