source: main/waeup.ikoba/trunk/src/waeup/ikoba/utils/idgen.py @ 17935

## $Id: idgen.py 12288 2014-12-21 17:01:15Z henrik $
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"""ID generators.

Give you unique IDs for objects.
"""
import grok
import uuid
from waeup.ikoba.interfaces import IIDSource


class IDSource(grok.GlobalUtility):
    """This utility provides 'Universally Unique IDentifiers'.

    It is registered without name on startup. You can get an instance
    of this utility with

      >>> from zope.component import getUtility
      >>> from waeup.ikoba.interfaces import IIDSource
      >>> source = getUtility(IIDSource)

    """
    grok.implements(IIDSource)

    @classmethod
    def get_uuid(self):
        """Get a UUID string of 36 hexadecimal chars and hyphens.
        """
        return str(uuid.uuid4())

    @classmethod
    def get_hex_uuid(self):
        """Get a UUID string of 32 hexadecimal chars.
        """
        return uuid.uuid4().hex