Data::GUID::Any - Generic interface for GUID/UUID creation
version 0.003
use Data::GUID::Any 'guid_as_string'; my $guid = guid_as_string();
This module is a generic wrapper around various ways of obtaining Globally Unique ID's (GUID's), also known as Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID's).
On installation, if Data::GUID::Any can't detect a way of generating both version 1 and version 4 GUID's, it will add either Data::UUID::MT or UUID::Tiny as a prerequisite, depending on whether or not a compiler is available.
The following functions are available for export.
my $guid = guid_as_string();
Returns a guid in string format with upper-case hex characters:
FA2D5B34-23DB-11DE-B548-0018F34EC37C
This is the most general subroutine that offers the least amount of control over the result. This routine returns whatever is the default type of GUID for a source, which could be version 1 or version 4 (or, in the case of Win32, something resembling a version 1, but specific to Microsoft).
It will use any of the following sources, listed from most preferred to least preferred:
Data::UUID::MT (v4)
Data::GUID (v1)
Data::UUID (v1)
Data::UUID::LibUUID (v4 or v1)
UUID (v4 or v1)
Win32 (using GuidGen()) (similar to v1)
uuid (external program) (v1)
APR::UUID (v4 or v1)
UUID::Tiny (v1)
At least one of them is guaranteed to exist or Data::GUID::Any will throw an exception when loaded. This shouldn't happen if prerequisites were correctly installed.
my $guid = v1_guid_as_string();
Returns a version 1 (timestamp+MAC/random-identifier) GUID in string format with upper-case hex characters from one of the following sources:
Data::UUID::MT
Data::GUID
Data::UUID
Data::UUID::LibUUID
uuid (external program)
UUID::Tiny
If none of them are available, an exception will be thrown when this is called. This shouldn't happen if prerequisites were correctly installed.
my $guid = v4_guid_as_string();
Returns a version 4 (random) GUID in string format with upper-case hex characters from one of the following modules:
RFC 4122 [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122]
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-GUID-Any. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.
This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.
https://github.com/dagolden/data-guid-any
git clone https://github.com/dagolden/data-guid-any.git
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by David Golden.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
To install Data::GUID::Any, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Data::GUID::Any
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Data::GUID::Any
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.