public function getNumericID($moduleName, array $params)
    {
        $entityID = $this->getID($moduleName, $params);
        $entityIDParts = explode('x', $entityID, 2);
        return (is_array($entityIDParts) && count($entityIDParts) === 2)
            ? intval($entityIDParts[ 1 ])
            : -1;
    }