File : adagio-guid.ads


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--  $Id: adagio-guid.ads,v 1.4 2004/01/21 21:05:27 Jano Exp $


package Adagio.GUID is

   pragma Elaborate_body;

   type GUID is new String (1 .. 16);

   -- Used as identifier inside G2.

   My_GUID      : Adagio.GUID.GUID;

   -- Obtain a new random GUID

   function Create_GUID return Adagio.GUID.GUID;

   -- Return it as a series of 16 chars.

   function To_char_array (this : Adagio.GUID.GUID) return String;

   -- Returns the hex representation of the raw GUID.

   function To_hex (this : Adagio.GUID.GUID) return String;

   -- Returns the standard string representation of a GUID

   -- {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx}

   function To_string (this : in Adagio.GUID.GUID) return String;

   -- Converts a standard GUID string representation to a guid

   function To_GUID (this : in String) return Adagio.GUID.GUID;

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   -- Init                                                               --

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   -- Parses/creates the persistent GUID document

   procedure Init;

private

   pragma Inline (To_char_array);

end Adagio.GUID;