package Data::GUID; use warnings; use strict; use Carp (); use Data::UUID; use Sub::Install; =head1 NAME Data::GUID - globally unique identifiers =head1 VERSION version 0.043 $Id: /my/cs/projects/Data-GUID/trunk/lib/Data/GUID.pm 30917 2007-03-08T16:05:53.476357Z rjbs $ =cut our $VERSION = '0.043'; =head1 SYNOPSIS use Data::GUID; my $guid = Data::GUID->new; my $string = $guid->as_string; # or "$guid" my $other_guid = Data::GUID->from_string($string); if (($guid <=> $other_guid) == 0) { print "They're the same!\n"; } =head1 DESCRIPTION Data::GUID provides a simple interface for generating and using globally unique identifiers. =head1 GETTING A NEW GUID =head2 C< new > my $guid = Data::GUID->new; This method returns a new globally unique identifier. =cut my $_uuid_gen = Data::UUID->new; sub new { my ($class) = @_; return $class->from_data_uuid($_uuid_gen->create); } =head1 GUIDS FROM EXISTING VALUES These method returns a new Data::GUID object for the given GUID value. In all cases, these methods throw an exception if given invalid input. =head2 C< from_string > my $guid = Data::GUID->from_string("B0470602-A64B-11DA-8632-93EBF1C0E05A"); =head2 C< from_hex > # note that a hex guid is a guid string without hyphens and with a leading 0x my $guid = Data::GUID->from_hex("0xB0470602A64B11DA863293EBF1C0E05A"); =head2 C< from_base64 > my $guid = Data::GUID->from_base64("sEcGAqZLEdqGMpPr8cDgWg=="); =head2 C< from_data_uuid > This method returns a new Data::GUID object if given a Data::UUID value. Because Data::UUID values are not blessed and because Data::UUID provides no validation method, this method will only throw an exception if the given data is of the wrong size. =cut sub from_data_uuid { my ($class, $value) = @_; my $length = do { use bytes; defined $value ? length $value : 0; }; Carp::croak "given value is not a valid Data::UUID value" if $length != 16; bless \$value => $class; } my ($hex, $base64, %type); BEGIN { # because %type must be populated for method/exporter generation $hex = qr/[0-9A-F]/i; $base64 = qr{[A-Z0-9+/=]}i; %type = ( # uuid_method validation_regex string => [ 'string', qr/\A$hex{8}-(?:$hex{4}-){3}$hex{12}\z/, ], hex => [ 'hexstring', qr/\A0x$hex{32}\z/, ], base64 => [ 'b64string', qr/\A$base64{24}\z/, ], ); } # provided for test scripts sub __type_regex { shift; $type{$_[0]}[1] } sub _install_from_method { my ($type, $alien_method, $regex) = @_; my $alien_from_method = "from_$alien_method"; my $our_from_code = sub { my ($class, $string) = @_; $string ||= q{}; # to avoid (undef =~) warning Carp::croak qq{"$string" is not a valid $type GUID} if $string !~ $regex; $class->from_data_uuid( $_uuid_gen->$alien_from_method($string) ); }; Sub::Install::install_sub({ code => $our_from_code, as => "from_$type" }); } sub _install_as_method { my ($type, $alien_method) = @_; my $alien_to_method = "to_$alien_method"; my $our_to_method = sub { my ($self) = @_; $_uuid_gen->$alien_to_method( $self->as_binary ); }; Sub::Install::install_sub({ code => $our_to_method, as => "as_$type" }); } BEGIN { # possibly unnecessary -- rjbs, 2006-03-11 do { while (my ($type, $profile) = each %type) { _install_from_method($type, @$profile); _install_as_method ($type, @$profile); } }; } sub _from_multitype { my ($class, $what, $types) = @_; sub { my ($class, $value) = @_; return $value if eval { $value->isa('Data::GUID') }; my $value_string = defined $value ? qq{"$value"} : 'undef'; # The only good ref is a blessed ref, and only into our denomination! if (my $ref = ref $value) { Carp::croak "a $ref reference is not a valid GUID $what" } for my $type (@$types) { my $from = "from_$type"; my $guid = eval { $class->$from($value); }; return $guid if $guid; } Carp::croak "$value_string is not a valid GUID $what"; } } =head2 C< from_any_string > my $string = get_string_from_ether; my $guid = Data::GUID->from_any_string($string); This method returns a Data::GUID object for the given string, trying all known string interpretations. An exception is thrown if the value is not a valid GUID string. =cut BEGIN { # possibly unnecessary -- rjbs, 2006-03-11 Sub::Install::install_sub({ code => __PACKAGE__->_from_multitype('string', [ keys %type ]), as => 'from_any_string', }); } =head2 C< best_guess > my $value = get_value_from_ether; my $guid = Data::GUID->best_guess($value); This method returns a Data::GUID object for the given value, trying everything it can. It works like C>, but will also accept Data::UUID values. (In effect, this means that any sixteen byte value is acceptable.) =cut BEGIN { # possibly unnecessary -- rjbs, 2006-03-11 Sub::Install::install_sub({ code => __PACKAGE__->_from_multitype('value', [(keys %type), 'data_uuid']), as => 'best_guess', }); } =head1 GUIDS INTO STRINGS These methods return various string representations of a GUID. =head2 C< as_string > This method returns a "traditional" GUID/UUID string representation. This is five hexadecimal strings, delimited by hyphens. For example: B0470602-A64B-11DA-8632-93EBF1C0E05A This method is also used to stringify Data::GUID objects. =head2 C< as_hex > This method returns a plain hexadecimal representation of the GUID, with a leading C<0x>. For example: 0xB0470602A64B11DA863293EBF1C0E05A =head2 C< as_base64 > This method returns a base-64 string representation of the GUID. For example: sEcGAqZLEdqGMpPr8cDgWg== =cut =head1 OTHER METHODS =head2 C< compare_to_guid > This method compares a GUID to another GUID and returns -1, 0, or 1, as do other comparison routines. =cut sub compare_to_guid { my ($self, $other) = @_; my $other_binary = eval { $other->isa('Data::GUID') } ? $other->as_binary : $other; $_uuid_gen->compare($self->as_binary, $other_binary); } =head2 C< as_binary > This method returns the packed binary representation of the GUID. At present this method relies on Data::GUID's underlying use of Data::UUID. It is not guaranteed to continue to work the same way, or at all. I. =cut sub as_binary { my ($self) = @_; $$self; } use overload q{""} => 'as_string', '<=>' => sub { ($_[2] ? -1 : 1) * $_[0]->compare_to_guid($_[1]) }, fallback => 1; =head1 IMPORTING Data::GUID does not export any subroutines by default, but it provides a few routines which will be imported on request. These routines may be called as class methods, or may be imported to be called as subroutines. Calling them by fully qualified name is incorrect. use Data::GUID qw(guid); my $guid = guid; # OK my $guid = Data::GUID->guid; # OK my $guid = Data::GUID::guid; # NOT OK =cut =head2 C< guid > This routine returns a new Data::GUID object. =head2 C< guid_string > This returns the string representation of a new GUID. =head2 C< guid_hex > This returns the hex representation of a new GUID. =head2 C< guid_base64 > This returns the base64 representation of a new GUID. =head2 C< guid_from_anything > This returns the result of calling the C> method. =cut BEGIN { Sub::Install::install_sub({ code => 'new', as => 'guid' }); for my $type (keys %type) { my $method = "guid_$type"; my $as = "as_$type"; Sub::Install::install_sub({ as => $method, code => sub { my ($class) = @_; $class->new->$as; }, }); } } sub _curry_class { my ($class, $subname, $eval) = @_; return $eval ? sub { eval { $class->$subname(@_) } } : sub { $class->$subname(@_) }; } my %exports; BEGIN { %exports = map { my $method = $_; $_ => sub { _curry_class($_[0], $method) } } ((map { "guid_$_" } keys %type), 'guid'); } use Sub::Exporter -setup => { exports => { %exports, # defined just above guid_from_anything => sub { _curry_class($_[0], 'from_any_string', 1) }, } }; =head1 TODO =over =item * add namespace support =item * remove dependency on wretched Data::UUID =item * make it work on 5.005 =back =head1 AUTHOR Ricardo SIGNES, C<< >> =head1 BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to C, or through the web interface at L. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2006 Ricardo Signes, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;