NAME

Data::GUID::Any - Generic interface for GUID creation

VERSION

This documentation describes version 0.002.

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). It will use any of the following, listed from most preferred to least preferred:

• Data::GUID

• Data::UUID

• Data::UUID::LibUUID

• UUID

• Win32 (using GuidGen())

• UUID::Generator::PurePerl

• APR::UUID (random)

• UUID::Random (random)

• uuid (external program)

If none are available when Data::GUID::Any is installed, it will add Data::GUID as a prerequisite.

USAGE

guid_as_string()

my $guid = guid_as_string();

Returns a guid in string format with upper-case hex characters:

FA2D5B34-23DB-11DE-B548-0018F34EC37C

Except for modules that only produce random GUID's, these are 'version 1' GUID's.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests using the CPAN Request Tracker web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Data-GUID-Any

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

• RFC 4122 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122

AUTHOR

David A. Golden (DAGOLDEN)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2009 by David A. Golden. All rights reserved.

Licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of the License was distributed with this file or you may obtain a copy of the License from http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Files produced as output though the use of this software, shall not be considered Derivative Works, but shall be considered the original work of the Licensor.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.