getSequenceNumber() Operation

Syntax	NONE `anInteger = getSequenceNumber()`
Semantics	Returns a sequence number as an integer (64bit). A sequence number is guaranteed to be larger than the number retrieved with a previous call to getSequenceNumber(). As the sequence number is maintained within a server process and shared between multiple threads and requests, it ... ... will be reset upon restart of the composite service, ... does increase in arbitrary steps >= 1, ... is not synchronized over multiple nodes.
Examples	NONE `set aTimeStamp = getSequenceNumber();`