NAME Data::GUID::Any - Generic interface for GUID/UUID creation VERSION version 0.004 SYNOPSIS use Data::GUID::Any 'guid_as_string'; my $guid = guid_as_string(); DESCRIPTION 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. For legacy compatibility with Data::UUID, guid strings are returned uppercase, even though RFC 4122 specifies that generators should provide lower-case strings. To force lower case results from Data::GUID::Any, set $Data::GUID::Any::UC to a false value. local $Data::GUID::Any::UC; guid_as_string(); # will be lower case USAGE The following functions are available for export. guid_as_string() 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. v1_guid_as_string() 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. v4_guid_as_string() 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: * Data::UUID::MT * 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. SEE ALSO * RFC 4122 [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122] SUPPORT Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at . You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue. Source Code This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license. git clone git://github.com/dagolden/data-guid-any.git AUTHOR David Golden COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by David Golden. This is free software, licensed under: The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004