SBCContainerUUID Class Reference

This class describes a universally unique identifier (UUID). More...

Constructors and destructors
	SBCContainerUUID (const std::string &u)
	Constructs a UUID from a std::string.
	SBCContainerUUID (const SBCContainerUUID &u)
	Copy constructor.
	SBCContainerUUID (SBCContainerUUID &&u)
	Move constructor.
	SBCContainerUUID ()
	Constructs an invalid UUID.
virtual	~SBCContainerUUID ()
	Destructs the UUID.

Operators
SBCContainerUUID &	operator= (const SBCContainerUUID &u)
	Copy assignment operator.
SBCContainerUUID &	operator= (SBCContainerUUID &&u)
	Move assignment operator.
bool	operator== (const SBCContainerUUID &u) const
	Equality operator.
bool	operator!= (const SBCContainerUUID &u) const
	Non-equality operator.
bool	operator< (const SBCContainerUUID &u) const
	Lexicographic comparison with another UUID.
std::string	operator() () const
	Returns the UUID in string format
SBCContainerUUID &	operator++ ()
	Prefix increment operator.
SBCContainerUUID	operator++ (int)
	Postfix increment operator.
SBCContainerUUID &	operator-- ()
	Prefix decrement operator.
SBCContainerUUID	operator-- (int)
	Postfix decrement operator.

Validity
bool	isValid () const
	Returns true if and only if the UUID is valid.

Detailed Description

SBCContainerUUID objects can hold Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs), which are used to identify classes and SAMSON Extensions. In many cases, UUIDs are automatically generated thanks to the SAMSON Extension generator.

UUIDs may be used e.g. to retrieve class proxies:

SBCClassProxy*  classProxy = 0;
std::string     className("ClassName");
std::string     elementName("ElementName");
SBUUID          elementUUID("0CE16BE8-8AA1-75C4-31A8-B3FA1CE93A94");
 
// retrieve a class proxy
 
classProxy = SAMSON::getProxy(className, elementName, elementUUID);

When necessary, SBRandom can be used to generate UUIDs :

SBRandom    randomGenerator;
SBUUID      randomUUID = randomGenerator.randUUID();

Short name: SBUUID

See also

Identifiers

Generating a SAMSON Extension

SBRandom