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##  uuid++.pod: manual page for C++ API
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=pod

=head1 NAME

B<OSSP uuid> - B<Universally Unique Identifier> (C++ API)

=head1 VERSION

OSSP uuid UUID_VERSION_STR

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<uuid++> is the ISO-C++ language binding of the B<OSSP uuid> C API.
It provides a thin ISO-C++ class B<uuid> wrapping the ISO-C API type
B<uuid_t>.

=head1 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

The ISO-C++ Application Programming Interface (API) of B<OSSP uuid>
consists of the following components:

=head2 CONSTANTS

The constants are the same to those provided by the ISO-C API.
See uuid(3) for details.

=head2 CLASSES

The following classes are provided:

=over 4

=item B<uuid>

This is the class corresponding to the C API type B<uuid_t>.
It is the main object.

=item B<uuid_error_t>

This is the class corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_error>.
It is the object thrown as an exception in case of any errors.

=back

=head2 METHODS

The following methods are provided:

=over 4

=item B<uuid>();

The standard constructor.

=item B<uuid>(const uuid &_obj);

The copy constructor for B<uuid> class.

=item B<uuid>(const uuid_t *_obj);

The import constructor for C API objects.

=item B<uuid>(const void *_bin);

The import constructor for binary representation.

=item B<uuid>(const char *_str);

The import constructor for string representation.

=item ~B<uuid>();

The standard destructor for B<uuid> class.

=item uuid &B<uuid::operator=>(const uuid &_obj);

The assignment operator corresponding to the copy constructor.

=item uuid &B<uuid::operator=>(const uuid_t *_obj);

The assignment operator corresponding to the import constructor for C API objects.

=item uuid &B<uuid::operator=>(const void *_bin);

The assignment operator corresponding to the import constructor for binary representation.

=item uuid &B<uuid::operator=>(const char *_str);

The assignment operator corresponding to the import constructor for string and single integer value representation.

=item uuid B<uuid::clone>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_clone>.

=item void B<uuid::load>(const char *_name);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_load>.

=item void B<uuid::make>(unsigned int _mode, ...);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_make>.

=item int B<uuid::isnil>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_isnil>.

=item int B<uuid::compare>(const uuid &_obj);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_compare>.

=item int B<uuid::operator==>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for equality.

=item int B<uuid::operator!=>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for inequality.

=item int B<uuid::operatorE<lt>>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for less-than.

=item int B<uuid::operatorE<lt>=>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for less-than-or-equal.

=item int B<uuid::operatorE<gt>>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for greater-than.

=item int B<uuid::operatorE<gt>=>(const uuid &_obj);

The comparison operator corresponding to B<uuid_compare> usage for greater-than-or-equal.

=item void B<uuid::import>(const void *_bin);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_import> for binary representation usage.

=item void B<uuid::import>(const char *_str);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_import> for string representation usage.

=item void *B<uuid::binary>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_export> for binary representation usage.

=item char *B<uuid::string>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_export> for string representation usage.

=item char *B<uuid::integer>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_export> for single integer value representation usage.

=item char *B<uuid::summary>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_export> for textual summary representation usage.

=item unsigned long B<uuid::version>(void);

Regular method corresponding to the C API function B<uuid_version>.

=item B<uuid_error_t>()

The standard constructor for B<uuid_error_t> class.

=item B<uuid_error_t>(uuid_rc_t _code)

The standard constructor for B<uuid_error_t> class with return code initialization.

=item ~B<uuid_error_t>()

The standard destructor for B<uuid_error_t> class.

=item void B<uuid_error_t::code>(uuid_rc_t _code)

Regular method for setting the return code.

=item uuid_rc_t B<uuid_error_t::code>(void)

Regular method for fetching the return code.

=item char *B<uuid_error_t::string>(void)

Regular method for fetching the string corresponding to the current return code.

=back

=head1 EXAMPLE

The following shows an example usage of the C++ API. Exception handling is
omitted for code simplification and has to be re-added for production
code.

 /* generate a DCE 1.1 v1 UUID from system environment */
 char *uuid_v1(void)
 {
     uuid id;
     char *str;

     id.make(UUID_MAKE_V1);
     str = id.string();
     return str;
 }

 /* generate a DCE 1.1 v3 UUID from an URL */
 char *uuid_v3(const char *url)
 {
     uuid id;
     uuid id_ns;
     char *str;

     id_ns.load("ns:URL");
     id.make(UUID_MAKE_V3, &id_ns, url);
     str = id.string();
     return str;
 }

=head1 SEE ALSO

uuid(3).

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