Module: SimpleIdentifierGenerator

Extended by:
SimpleIdentifierGenerator
Included in:
SimpleIdentifierGenerator
Defined in:
lib/xcode/simple_identifier_generator.rb

Constant Summary collapse

MAX_IDENTIFIER_GENERATION_ATTEMPTS = 
10

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#generate(options = {}) ⇒ String

Generate an identifier string

Examples:

generating a new identifier


SimpleIdentifierGenerator.generate # => "E21EB9EE14E359840058122A"

generating a new idenitier ensuring it does not match existing keys


SimpleIdentifierGenerator.generate :existing_keys => [ "E21EB9EE14E359840058122A" ] # => "2574D65B0D2FFDB5D0372B4A"



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# File 'lib/xcode/simple_identifier_generator.rb', line 22

def generate(options = {})
  
  existing_keys = options[:existing_keys] || []
  
  # Ensure that the identifier generated is unique
  identifier_generation_count = 0
  
  new_identifier = generate_new_key
  
  while existing_keys.include?(new_identifier)
    
    new_identifier = generate_new_key
    
    # Increment our identifier generation count and if we reach our max raise
    # an exception as something has gone horribly wrong.

    identifier_generation_count += 1
    if identifier_generation_count > MAX_IDENTIFIER_GENERATION_ATTEMPTS
      raise "SimpleIdentifierGenerator is unable to generate a unique identifier"
    end
  end
  
  new_identifier
  
end