NAME

MongoDB::OID - A Mongo Object ID

VERSION

version v0.708.3.0

SYNOPSIS

If no _id field is provided when a document is inserted into the database, an _id field will be added with a new MongoDB::OID as its value.

    my $id = $collection->insert({'name' => 'Alice', age => 20});

$id will be a MongoDB::OID that can be used to retrieve or update the saved document:

    $collection->update({_id => $id}, {'age' => {'$inc' => 1}});
    # now Alice is 21

To create a copy of an existing OID, you must set the value attribute in the constructor. For example:

    my $id1 = MongoDB::OID->new;
    my $id2 = MongoDB::OID->new(value => $id1->value);
    my $id3 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1->value);
    my $id4 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1);

Now $id1, $id2, $id3 and $id4 will have the same value.

OID generation is thread safe.

ATTRIBUTES

value

The OID value. A random value will be generated if none exists already. It is a 24-character hexidecimal string (12 bytes).

Its string representation is the 24-character string.

METHODS

to_string

    my $hex = $oid->to_string;

Gets the value of this OID as a 24-digit hexidecimal string.

get_time

    my $date = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $id->get_time);

Each OID contains a 4 bytes timestamp from when it was created. This method extracts the timestamp.

TO_JSON

    my $json = JSON->new;
    $json->allow_blessed;
    $json->convert_blessed;

    $json->encode(MongoDB::OID->new);

Returns a JSON string for this OID. This is compatible with the strict JSON representation used by MongoDB, that is, an OID with the value "012345678901234567890123" will be represented as {"$oid" : "012345678901234567890123"}.

SEE ALSO

Core documentation on object ids: http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/objectids.

AUTHORS

• David Golden <david@mongodb.com>

• Mike Friedman <friedo@friedo.com>

• Kristina Chodorow <k.chodorow@gmail.com>

• Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2015 by MongoDB, Inc..

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004

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