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    1/*  Part of SWI-Prolog
    2
    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
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   34
   35:- module(uuid,
   36          [ uuid/1,                     % -UUID
   37            uuid/2                      % -UUID, +Options
   38          ]).   39
   40/** <module> Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Library
   41
   42The library provides operations on UUIDs.   Please consult other sources
   43for understanding UUIDs and  the  implications   of  the  different UUID
   44versions.  Some typical calls are given below:
   45
   46  ==
   47  ?- uuid(X).
   48  X = 'ea6589fa-19dd-11e2-8a49-001d92e1879d'.
   49
   50  ?- uuid(X, [url('http://www.swi-prolog.org')]).
   51  X = '73a07870-6a90-3f2e-ae2b-ffa538dc7c2c'.
   52  ==
   53
   54@tbd Compare UUIDs, extract time and version from UUIDs
   55@see http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
   56*/
   57
   58:- use_foreign_library(foreign(uuid)).   59
   60%!  uuid(-UUID) is det.
   61%
   62%   UUID is an atom representing a  new   UUID.  This is the same as
   63%   calling uuid(UUID, []).  See uuid/2 for options.
   64
   65uuid(UUID) :-
   66    uuid(UUID, []).
   67
   68%!  uuid(-UUID, +Options) is det.
   69%
   70%   Create a new UUID according to   Options.  The following options
   71%   are defined:
   72%
   73%     * version(+Versions)
   74%     Integer in the range 1..5, which specifies the UUID version
   75%     that is created.  Default is 1.
   76%
   77%     * dns(DNS)
   78%     * url(URL)
   79%     * oid(OID)
   80%     * x500(X500)
   81%     Provide additional context information for UUIDs using version
   82%     3 or 5.  If there is no explicit version option, UUID version
   83%     3 is used.
   84%
   85%     * format(+Format)
   86%     Representation of the UUID.  Default is =atom=, yielding atoms
   87%     such as =|8304efdd-bd6e-5b7c-a27f-83f3f05c64e0|=. The
   88%     alternative is =integer=, returning a large integer that
   89%     represents the 128 bits of the UUID.