diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/util/api/RecordIdApi.java b/api/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/util/api/RecordIdApi.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 Ning, Inc.
+ *
+ * Ning licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.ning.billing.util.api;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import com.ning.billing.ObjectType;
+
+public interface RecordIdApi {
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * This can be used by external plugins to keep the mapping between UUID and recordId
+ *
+ * @param objectId the uuid of the object
+ * @param objectType the object type
+ * @return the record id associated with that object
+ */
+ Long getRecordId(UUID objectId, ObjectType objectType);
+}
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/util/recordid/DefaultRecordId.java b/util/src/main/java/com/ning/billing/util/recordid/DefaultRecordId.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 Ning, Inc.
+ *
+ * Ning licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.ning.billing.util.recordid;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import com.ning.billing.ObjectType;
+import com.ning.billing.util.api.RecordIdApi;
+import com.ning.billing.util.cache.Cachable.CacheType;
+import com.ning.billing.util.cache.CacheControllerDispatcher;
+import com.ning.billing.util.dao.NonEntityDao;
+
+public class DefaultRecordId implements RecordIdApi {
+
+ private final NonEntityDao nonEntityDao;
+ private final CacheControllerDispatcher cacheControllerDispatcher;
+
+ @Inject
+ public DefaultRecordId(final NonEntityDao nonEntityDao, final CacheControllerDispatcher cacheControllerDispatcher) {
+ this.nonEntityDao = nonEntityDao;
+ this.cacheControllerDispatcher = cacheControllerDispatcher;
+ }
+
+
+ @Override
+ public Long getRecordId(final UUID objectId, final ObjectType objectType) {
+ return nonEntityDao.retrieveRecordIdFromObject(objectId, objectType, cacheControllerDispatcher.getCacheController(CacheType.RECORD_ID));
+ }
+}
