NAME
    DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns - Implicit uuid columns

SYNOPSIS
    In your DBIx::Class table class:

      __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/UUIDColumns ... Core/);
      __PACKAGE__->uuid_columns('artist_id');

    Note: The component needs to be loaded *before* Core.

DESCRIPTION
    This DBIx::Class component resembles the behaviour of Class::DBI::UUID,
    to make some columns implicitly created as uuid.

    When loaded, "UUIDColumns" will search for a suitable uuid generation
    module from the following list of supported modules:

      Data::UUID
      APR::UUID*
      UUID
      Win32::Guidgen
      Win32API::GUID

    If no supporting module can be found, an exception will be thrown.

    *APR::UUID will not be loaded under OpenBSD due to an as yet
    unidentified XS issue.

    If you would like to use a specific module, you can set "uuid_class":

      __PACKAGE__->uuid_class('::Data::UUID');
      __PACKAGE__->uuid_class('MyUUIDGenerator');

METHODS
  get_uuid
    Returns a uuid string from the current uuid_maker.

  insert
    Inserts a new uuid string into each column in "uuid_columns".

  uuid_columns
    Gets/sets the list of columns to be filled with uuids during insert.

      __PACKAGE__->uuid_columns('artist_id');

  uuid_class
    Takes the name of a UUIDMaker subclass to be used for uuid value
    generation. This can be a fully qualified class name, or a shortcut name
    starting with :: that matches one of the available
    DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker subclasses:

      __PACKAGE__->uuid_class('CustomUUIDGenerator');
      # loads CustomeUUIDGenerator

      __PACKAGE__->uuid_class('::Data::UUID');
      # loads DBIx::Class::UUIDMaker::Data::UUID;

    Note that "uuid_class" checks to see that the specified class isa
    DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker subclass and throws and exception if
    it isn't.

  uuid_maker
    Returns the current UUIDMaker instance for the given module.

      my $uuid = __PACKAGE__->uuid_maker->as_string;

SEE ALSO
    DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker

AUTHOR
    Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>

CONTRIBUTERS
    Chris Laco <claco@chrislaco.com>

LICENSE
    You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.