Namespace: Consultingwerk
Class 
GuidType Copy to Clipboard
Parent classes:
Progress.Lang.Object
Consultingwerk.GuidType

Inherits: Progress.Lang.Object

File:GuidType
Purpose:Provides helper functions for GUID types
Author(s):Mike Fechner / Consultingwerk Ltd.
Created:Tue May 20 14:07:46 CEST 2014

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Options Name Purpose
+ LOGICAL IsGuid (character) Tests if the provided value is a GUID
+ CHARACTER NewGuid () Returns a new 36 character GUID value
+ CHARACTER NewUuid () Returns the 22 character BASE64 representation of a new UUID value

Top Constructor Summary
Options Name Purpose
- GuidType () Private constructor for the GuidType class


Method Detail
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PUBLIC LOGICAL IsGuid (character)
Purpose: Tests if the provided value is a GUID
Notes: Tests the format (lengths, position of -) and
that the entries are 0..9 or a..f

Parameters:
pcGuid CHARACTER
The Guid to test
Returns LOGICAL
Logical value indicating if the passed in value is a valid GUID
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PUBLIC CHARACTER NewGuid ()
Purpose: Returns a new 36 character GUID value
Notes:

Returns CHARACTER
The 36 character GUID value
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PUBLIC CHARACTER NewUuid ()
Purpose: Returns the 22 character BASE64 representation of a new UUID value
Notes: The BASE64 encoded UUID representation is shorter compared to the
original GUID value. However, it can only be used for unique keys,
when the comparison is may case-sensitive. BASE64 may return the
same value (only distinguished by the case) for two different UUID
values!

Returns CHARACTER
The 22 character BASE64 representation of a new UUID value


Constructor Detail
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PRIVATE GuidType ()
Purpose: Private constructor for the GuidType class
Notes: Disallow instance creation



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