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+ Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Assaf Arkin, Eric Hodel
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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+ a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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+ "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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+ without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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+ distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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+ permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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+ the following conditions:
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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+ included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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+ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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+ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
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+ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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+ OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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+ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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+ = UUID Generator
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+ Generates universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) for use in distributed
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+ applications. Based on {RFC 4122}[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt].
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+
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+ == Generating UUIDs
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+ Call #generate to generate a new UUID. The method returns a string in one of
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+ three formats. The default format is 36 characters long, and contains the 32
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+ hexadecimal octets and hyphens separating the various value parts. The
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+ <tt>:compact</tt> format omits the hyphens, while the <tt>:urn</tt> format
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+ adds the <tt>:urn:uuid</tt> prefix.
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+ For example:
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+ uuid = UUID.new
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+ 10.times do
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+ p uuid.generate
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+ end
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+
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+
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+ == UUIDs in Brief
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+ UUID (universally unique identifier) are guaranteed to be unique across time
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+ and space.
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+ A UUID is 128 bit long, and consists of a 60-bit time value, a 16-bit
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+ sequence number and a 48-bit node identifier.
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+ The time value is taken from the system clock, and is monotonically
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+ incrementing. However, since it is possible to set the system clock
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+ backward, a sequence number is added. The sequence number is incremented
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+ each time the UUID generator is started. The combination guarantees that
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+ identifiers created on the same machine are unique with a high degree of
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+ probability.
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+ Note that due to the structure of the UUID and the use of sequence number,
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+ there is no guarantee that UUID values themselves are monotonically
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+ incrementing. The UUID value cannot itself be used to sort based on order
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+ of creation.
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+ To guarantee that UUIDs are unique across all machines in the network,
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+ the IEEE 802 MAC address of the machine's network interface card is used as
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+ the node identifier.
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+ For more information see {RFC 4122}[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt].
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+
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+
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+ == UUID State File
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+ The UUID generator uses a state file to hold the MAC address and sequence
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+ number.
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+ The MAC address is used to generate identifiers that are unique to your
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+ machine, preventing conflicts in distributed applications. The MAC
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+ address is six bytes (48 bit) long. It is automatically extracted from
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+ one of the network cards on your machine.
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+ The sequence number is incremented each time the UUID generator is
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+ first used by the application, to prevent multiple processes from
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+ generating the same set of identifiers, and deal with changes to the
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+ system clock.
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+ The UUID state file is created in <tt>/var/tmp/ruby-uuid</tt> or the Windows
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+ common application data directory using mode 0644. If that directory is not
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+ writable, the file is created as <tt>.ruby-uuid</tt> in the home directory.
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+ If you need to create the file with a different mode, use UUID#state_file
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+ before running the UUID generator.
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+ State files are not portable across machines.
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+ == Latest and Greatest
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+ Stable release are made through RubyForge, to upgrade simply:
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+ gem upgrade uuid
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+ You can subscribe for notifications of new releases through the reliable-msg
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+ project page at http://rubyforge.org/projects/reliable-msg
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+ Source code and documentation hosted on Github: http://github.com/assaf/uuid
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+ To get UUID from source:
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+ git clone git://github.com/assaf/uuid.git
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+
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+ == License
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+ This package is licensed under the MIT license and/or the Creative
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+ Commons Attribution-ShareAlike.
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+ :include: MIT-LICENSE
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+ --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
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+ name: jamescook-uuid
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+ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
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+ version: 2.0.3
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+ platform: ruby
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+ authors:
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+ - Assaf Arkin
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+ - Eric Hodel
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+ autorequire:
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+ bindir: bin
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+ cert_chain: []
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+ date: 2009-05-16 00:00:00 -07:00
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+ default_executable:
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+ dependencies:
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+ - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
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+ name: macaddr
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+ type: :runtime
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+ requirements:
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+ - - ~>
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+ version: "1.0"
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+ version:
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+ description: UUID generator for producing universally unique identifiers based on RFC 4122 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt).
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+ email: assaf@labnotes.org
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+ executables: []
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+ extensions: []
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+ extra_rdoc_files:
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+ - README.rdoc
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+ - MIT-LICENSE
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+ files: []
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+ has_rdoc: true
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+ homepage: http://github.com/assaf/uuid
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+ - --main
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+ - README.rdoc
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+ - UUID generator
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+ - lib
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+ version:
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+ requirements: []
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+ rubyforge_project: reliable-msg
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+ rubygems_version: 1.2.0
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+ signing_key:
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+ specification_version: 2
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+ summary: UUID generator
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+ test_files: []
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