Ability to customize order number series

Sometime we have need where we want order number to have a specific number series say

AB000001 , CD000001 or may be OR1234566

There should be a way where developer can configure order number pattern as well the starting number through property file etc
like
order.prefix=OR
order.total.length=10
order.series.start=00000020

In short we should have a way that order number pattern should be configurable.