File: uuidutils.py

package info (click to toggle)
python-mistralclient 1%3A2.0.0-3~bpo8%2B1
  • links: PTS, VCS
  • area: main
  • in suites: jessie-backports
  • size: 812 kB
  • sloc: python: 7,705; sh: 216; makefile: 40
file content (37 lines) | stat: -rw-r--r-- 1,061 bytes parent folder | download | duplicates (14)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
# Copyright (c) 2012 Intel Corporation.
# All Rights Reserved.
#
#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
#    a copy of the License at
#
#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
#    under the License.

"""
UUID related utilities and helper functions.
"""

import uuid


def generate_uuid():
    return str(uuid.uuid4())


def is_uuid_like(val):
    """Returns validation of a value as a UUID.

    For our purposes, a UUID is a canonical form string:
    aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa

    """
    try:
        return str(uuid.UUID(val)) == val
    except (TypeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
        return False