Name

Boost::UUID

Description

Simple Perl interface for boost::uuid_generators ( look here boost::uuid doc )

Synopsis

Random UUID generator

Genarate unique SHA-1 hash every time.

Work with boost::uuids::random_generator()

use Boost::UUID;

my $uuid = Boost::UUID::random_uuid();

Result: 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef

Nil UUID generator

Generate nil UUID

Work with boost::uuids::nil_generator()

use Boost::UUID;

my $uuid = Boost::UUID::nil_uuid();

Result: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

String UUID

Convert string UUID to boost UUID ( better check out doc )

Work with boost::uuids::string_generator(), but return nill UUID in wrong input string case

use Boost::UUID;

Boost::UUID::string_uuid("0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef")

Result: 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef

Name UUID generator

Generate SHA hash from any string.

Work with boost::uuids::name_generator()

use Boost::UUID;

Boost::UUID::name_uuid("crazypanda.ru");

Result: 25f9de77-a9a6-5816-b7cb-bafc0a203417

AUTHOR

Vladimir Melnichenko melnichenkovv@gmail.com, Crazy Panda, CP Decision LTD

LICENSE

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