Class: Uuid

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Comparable
Defined in:
lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb

Overview

Note:

The naming scheme used for this class is as follows:

  • uuid - An instance of this class.

  • value - Packed string, not human readable. 16 bytes in length.

  • uuid_str - Formatted string, human readable. Formatted as xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (8-4-4-4-12).

Universally unique identifier. Items with distinct different UUIDs should be different entities. Items with the same UUID should be the same entity.

Constant Summary collapse

DEFAULT =

Empty UUID.

Returns:

  • (Uuid) —

    UUID with the value 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.

Uuid.new("\x0" * 16).freeze

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(value) ⇒ Uuid

Creates a UUID or one from an existing value.

Parameters:

  • value (String) —

    Packed bytes with the UUID’s value. The value must be a string of 16 bytes (128 bits).

See Also:



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 21

def initialize(value)
  value_str = value.to_s
  fail ArgumentError, 'Packed UUID value must be 16 bytes.' unless value_str.length == 16

  # Get a copy to prevent external processes modifying the value.
  @value = value_str.dup

  # Prevent modification.
  @value.freeze
end

Instance Attribute Details

#value ⇒ String (readonly)

Raw, packed byte string containing the UUID’s value.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    Packed string, 16 bytes in length.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 15

def value
  @value
end

Class Method Details

.generate ⇒ UUID

Generates a new (and random) UUID

Returns:

  • (UUID) —

    Newly generated UUID.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 36

def generate
  # A built-in method from Ruby to generate a valid UUID is SecureRandom.uuid.
  # However, it returns it as a formatted string.
  # The formatted string has to be converted to a packed string before it can be used.
  uuid_str = SecureRandom.uuid
  value    = pack_uuid_str(uuid_str)
  Uuid.new(value)
end

.parse(uuid_str) ⇒ Uuid?

Note:

Casing does not matter for a-f.

Note:

Dashes may be omitted from the string. This allows strings of 32 hexadecimal characters.

Creates a UUID object from its string representation.

Parameters:

  • uuid_str (String) —

    UUID in string form. The string must be in the form: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (8-4-4-4-12)

Returns:

  • (Uuid) —

    Parsed UUID from the string.

  • (nil) —

    The string doesn’t have a properly formatted UUID.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 80

def parse(uuid_str)
  if valid_str?(uuid_str)
    # Properly formatted UUID string.
    # Pack the UUID into a byte string and return a new instance.
    value = pack_uuid_str(uuid_str)
    Uuid.new(value)
  else
    # Not properly formatted.
    nil
  end
end

.valid_str?(uuid_str) ⇒ true, false

Determines whether a string contains a valid formatted UUID.

Parameters:

  • uuid_str (String) —

    String to check.

Returns:

  • (true) —

    The string contains a valid formatted UUID.

  • (false) —

    The string does not contain a valid UUID.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 49

def valid_str?(uuid_str)
  if uuid_str.is_a? String
    # Check the formatting.
    # Note that the validity of the UUID isn't checked.
    !!/^\A[0-9a-f]{8}(-?)[0-9a-f]{4}\1[0-9a-f]{4}\1[0-9a-f]{4}\1[0-9a-f]{12}\z$/i.match(uuid_str)
  else
    # A string wasn't passed in.
    fail ArgumentError
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(other) ⇒ -1, ...

Compares two UUIDs to each other to determine which is lower.

Parameters:

  • other (Uuid, String) —

    Other object to compare against.

Returns:

  • (-1) —

    The left UUID is smaller.

  • (0) —

    The UUIDs are the same.

  • (1) —

    The right UUID is smaller.

  • (nil) —

    The right side isn’t a UUID.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 135

def <=>(other)
  case other
    when Uuid
      # Compare two UUID instances.
      cmp_packed(other.value)

    when String
      if other.length == 16
        # Compare against a packed string
        cmp_packed(other)

      else
        # Compare against a formatted string
        cmp_formatted(other)
      end

    else
      # Everything else can't be compared.
      nil
  end
end

#==(other) ⇒ true, false

Checks if two UUIDs have the same value.

Parameters:

  • other (Uuid, String) —

    Other object to check against.

Returns:

  • (true) —

    The UUIDs are equal.

  • (false) —

    The UUIDs are different.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 107

def ==(other)
  case other
    when Uuid
      # Compare two UUID instances.
      eq_packed(other.value)

    when String
      if other.length == 16
        # Compare against a packed string
        eq_packed(other)

      else
        # Compare against a formatted string
        eq_formatted(other)
      end

    else
      # Everything else can't be equated.
      false
  end
end

#eql?(other) ⇒ true, false

Note:

This method compares only Uuid instances. false will be returned if other is not a Uuid.

Checks for hash equality of two UUIDs.

Parameters:

  • other (Uuid) —

    Other UUID to compare against.

Returns:

  • (true) —

    The UUIDs are equal.

  • (false) —

    The UUIDs are different.



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 99

def eql?(other)
  other.is_a?(Uuid) && eq_packed(other.value)
end

#hash ⇒ Fixnum

Produces a hash value of the UUID.

Returns:

  • (Fixnum) 


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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 159

def hash
  @value.hash
end

#to_s(dashes = true) ⇒ String

Produces the string representation of the UUID.

Parameters:

  • dashes (Boolean) (defaults to: true) —

    true to put dashes in the output (standard format), false to not put dashes.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    UUID in string form: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (8-4-4-4-12)



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# File 'lib/lazy-uuid/uuid.rb', line 167

def to_s(dashes = true)
  bytes = @value.bytes
  if dashes
    sprintf('%02x%02x%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x', *bytes)
  else
    sprintf('%02x' * 16, *bytes)
  end
end