Create unique IDs to my objects

Question

I have basic knowledge of java and I want to create unique ids for my employees , but I also don't want to use java.util.UUID . How can I do that ? and where and what method should I add to my code ? Thank you

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {

    private static ArrayList<Employees> list = new ArrayList<>();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Employees emp =new Employees(15, "xx", 23);
        Main.add(emp);        
    }

    public static void delete(int id) {
        list.remove(get(id));
    }

    public static void updateName(int id, String name) {
        get(id).name=name;
    }

    public static void updateAge(int id, int age) {
        get(id).age=age;
    }

    public static Employees get(int id) {
        for(Employees emp : list)
            if(emp.id==id)
                return emp;
        throw new RuntimeException("Employees with id : "+id+" not found");
    }

}
class Employees {

    String name;
    int age;
    int id ;

    public Employees(int id, String name, int age) {
        //super();
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }

   @Override
    public String toString() {

        return id+" : "+" "+name+", "+age+" ans";
    }
}

Answer 1

You can have a static variable, which will be used to have an id, and after assignment it will be incremented, to assure that the next one will be different :

class Employees {

    String name;
    int age;
    int id ;
    static int counter = 0;

    public Employees(String name, int age) {
        this.id = counter++;
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }
  }

So you can remove the int id in the constructor

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Also :

• Main.add(emp) is wrong and may be replaced by list.add(emp)
• updateName and updateAge may use setters defined in Employees to follow conventions (and better separate classes, and set attribute visibility to private)