Vidibus::Uuid

Generates and validates compact UUIDs. Basically, this is an abstraction of http://github.com/assaf/uuid

This gem is part of Vidibus, an open source toolset for building distributed (video) applications.

Installation

Add gem "vidibus-uuid" to your Gemfile. Then call bundle install on your console.

Usage

Vidibus::Uuid.generate
# => "b063263064e0012d47b658b035f038ab"

Vidibus::Uuid.validate("b063263064e0012d47b658b035f038ab")
# => true

Usage in Mongoid model

Include the Vidibus::Uuid::Mongoid module in your Mongoid model:

class MyModel
  include Mongoid::Document
  include Vidibus::Uuid::Mongoid
end

Validation of custom attributes

To verfify that custom attributes are formatted as UUID, add the uuid validator to your model:

class MyModel
  include Mongoid::Document
  field :product_uuid
  validates :product_uuid, :uuid => {:allow_blank => true}
end

Copyright

© 2010-2012 Andre Pankratz. See LICENSE for details.