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ETUUID class documentation

ETUUID : NSObject <NSCopying>

An implementation of the Universally Unique Identifier standard.

AuthorsGenerated by qmathe
Declared inETUUID.h

Overview

When an ETUUID is instantiated, the underlying UUID is generated with the version 4 (aka random) generation scheme.

Take note the random scheme used on Linux and BSD platforms is based on a strong random number, unlike other platforms where a simpler random scheme is used. Which means collisions can occur on these platforms if you try to generate ETUUID in a tight loop.

You can use -isEqual: to check the equality between two ETUUID instances.

ETUUID does not have a designated initializer.

Initialization

+ (id) UUID

Returns a new autoreleased UUID object initialized with a random 128-bit binary value.

    + (id) UUIDWithString: (NSString *)aString

    Returns an autoreleased UUID object for the given UUID string representation.

      + (ETUUID *) UUIDWithData: (NSData *)aData

      Returns an autoreleased UUID object for the given 16-byte NSData.

        - (id) initWithUUID: (const unsigned char*)aUUID

        Initializes the UUID object with a 128-bit binary value.

          - (id) initWithString: (NSString *)aString

          Initializes the UUID object from a string representation.

            - (id) init

            Initializes a UUID object by generating a random 128-bit binary value.

              Alternative Representations

              - (NSString *) stringValue

              Returns a string representation of the receiver.

                - (const unsigned char*) UUIDValue

                Returns a 128-bit binary value representation of the receiver.

                  - (NSData *) dataValue
                  Description forthcoming.