`uuid_protocol`

Universally unique identifier (UUID) generator protocol.

| Availability: | logtalk_load(uuid(loader))

| Author: Paulo Moura | Version: 0:3:0 | Date: 2021-03-13

| Compilation flags: | static

| Dependencies: | (none)

| Remarks: | (none)

| Inherited public predicates: | (none)

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Public predicates

.. index:: uuid_v1/2 .. _uuid_protocol/0::uuid_v1/2:

uuid_v1/2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns a version 1 UUID for the given MAC address (a list of six bytes). The MAC address can be replaced by a random 6 bytes node identifier as per RFC 4122 when the MAC address is not available or should not be disclosed.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | uuid_v1(MAC,UUID) | Mode and number of proofs: | uuid_v1(+list(byte),--ground) - one

.. index:: uuid_v4/1 .. _uuid_protocol/0::uuid_v4/1:

uuid_v4/1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns a version 4 UUID.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | uuid_v4(UUID) | Mode and number of proofs: | uuid_v4(--ground) - one

.. index:: uuid_null/1 .. _uuid_protocol/0::uuid_null/1:

uuid_null/1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Returns the null UUID.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | uuid_null(UUID) | Mode and number of proofs: | uuid_null(--ground) - one

.. index:: random_node/1 .. _uuid_protocol/0::random_node/1:

random_node/1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Generates a list with six random bytes that can be used in alternative to a MAC address when generating version 1 UUIDs.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | random_node(Node) | Mode and number of proofs: | random_node(--list(byte)) - one

Protected predicates

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Private predicates

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Operators

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