Factory class for UUIDs.
Determines which UUID implementation to use, and uses that to generate and validate UUIDs.
Hierarchy
- class Uuid
Expanded class hierarchy of Uuid
File
- core/
includes/ uuid.inc, line 28 - Handling of universally unique identifiers.
Members
Name | Modifiers | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Uuid:: |
protected | property | Holds the UUID implementation. |
Uuid:: |
protected | function | Determines the optimal implementation to use for generating UUIDs. |
Uuid:: |
public | function | Generates an universally unique identifier. |
Uuid:: |
public | function | Check that a string appears to be in the format of a UUID. |
Uuid:: |
public | function | This constructor instantiates the correct UUID object. |