Synopsis

  use APR::UUID ();
  
  # get a random UUID and format it as a string
  my $uuid = APR::UUID->new->format;
  # $uuid = e.g. 'd48889bb-d11d-b211-8567-ec81968c93c6';
  
  # same as the object returned by APR::UUID->new
  my $uuid_parsed = APR::UUID->parse($uuid);

Description

"APR::UUID" is used to get and manipulate random UUIDs.

It allows you to "create" random UUIDs, which when "formatted" returns a string like:

  'd48889bb-d11d-b211-8567-ec81968c93c6';

which can be parsed back into the "APR::UUID" object with "parse()".

API

"APR::UUID" provides the following functions and/or methods:

format

Convert an "APR::UUID object" object into a string presentation:

  my $uuid_str = $uuid->format;

obj: $uuid ( "APR::UUID object" )

ret: $uuid_str

returns a string representation of the object (.e.g 'd48889bb-d11d-b211-8567-ec81968c93c6').

since: 2.0.00

new

Create a "APR::UUID object" using the random engine:

  my $uuid = APR::UUID->new;

class: "APR::UUID" ( "APR::UUID class" )

ret: $uuid ( "APR::UUID object" )

since: 2.0.00

DESTROY

  $uuid->DESTROY;

obj: "APR::UUID" ( "APR::UUID object" )

ret: no return value

since: 2.0.00

Do not call this method, it's designed to be only called by Perl when the variable goes out of scope. If you call it yourself you will get a segfault when perl will call DESTROY on its own.

parse

Convert a UUID string into an "APR::UUID object" object:

  $uuid = APR::UUID->parse($uuid_str)

arg1: $uuid_str (string)

UUID string (.e.g 'd48889bb-d11d-b211-8567-ec81968c93c6')

ret: $uuid ( "APR::UUID object" )

The new object.

since: 2.0.00

See Also

mod_perl 2.0 documentation.

Copyright

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

Authors

The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.