What is the best way to generate a unique and short file name in Java

Question

I don\'t necessarily want to use UUIDs since they are fairly long.

The file just needs to be unique within its directory.

One thought which comes to mind is

Answer 1

Problem is synchronization. Separate out regions of conflict.

Name the file as : (server-name)_(thread/process-name)_(millisecond/timestamp).(extension)
example : aws1_t1_1447402821007.png