public static synchronized String generateId() 
{
	// XXX
	// This code is not very secure at all. It's good enough
	// for a reference implementation where you want to make
	// sure to not repeat under most circumstances -- but its
	// not anything that could be considered to be safe for
	// military or banking use.
	// maybe.....
	// replace with some sort of MD5 hash so that it is impossible
	// to figure out which is the counter and which is the random
        Integer i = new Integer(counter++);
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        String dString = Double.toString(Math.abs(Math.random()));
        // we do the substring to get rid of the initial '0.'
        // characters.
        buf.append("To");
        buf.append(i);
        buf.append("mC");
        buf.append(dString.substring(2, dString.length()));
        buf.append("At");
        return buf.toString();
}