webgui/lib/WebGUI/Id.pm
2005-02-07 00:52:47 +00:00

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Perl

package WebGUI::Id;
=head1 LEGAL
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WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2005 Plain Black Corporation.
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Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
(docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
this software.
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http://www.plainblack.com info@plainblack.com
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=cut
use Digest::MD5;
use strict;
use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday usleep );
use WebGUI::Session;
BEGIN {
srand;
}
=head1 NAME
Package WebGUI::Id
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This package generates global unique ids, sometimes called GUIDs. A global unique ID is guaranteed to be unique everywhere and at everytime.
B<NOTE:> There is no such thing as perfectly unique ID's, but the chances of a duplicate ID are so minute that they are effectively unique.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use WebGUI::Id;
my $id = WebGUI::Id::generate();
=head1 FUNCTIONS
These subroutines are available from this package:
=cut
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=head2 generate
This function generates a global unique id.
=cut
sub generate {
my($s,$us)=gettimeofday();
my($v)=sprintf("%09d%06d%10d%06d%255s",rand(999999999),$us,$s,$$,$WebGUI::Session::session{config}{defaultSiteName});
my $id = Digest::MD5::md5_base64($v);
$id =~ s/\+/_/g;
$id =~ s/\//-/g;
return $id;
}
1;