1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_GUID_H_
6 #define BASE_GUID_H_
7 
8 #include <stdint.h>
9 
10 #include <string>
11 
12 #include "base/base_export.h"
13 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
14 #include "build/build_config.h"
15 
16 namespace base {
17 
18 // Generate a 128-bit (pseudo) random GUID in the form of version 4 as described
19 // in RFC 4122, section 4.4.
20 // The format of GUID version 4 must be xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx,
21 // where y is one of [8, 9, A, B].
22 // The hexadecimal values "a" through "f" are output as lower case characters.
23 // If GUID generation fails an empty string is returned.
24 BASE_EXPORT std::string GenerateGUID();
25 
26 // Returns true if the input string conforms to the version 4 GUID format.
27 // Note that this does NOT check if the hexadecimal values "a" through "f"
28 // are in lower case characters, as Version 4 RFC says onput they're
29 // case insensitive. (Use IsValidGUIDOutputString for checking if the
30 // given string is valid output string)
31 BASE_EXPORT bool IsValidGUID(const base::StringPiece& guid);
32 
33 // Returns true if the input string is valid version 4 GUID output string.
34 // This also checks if the hexadecimal values "a" through "f" are in lower
35 // case characters.
36 BASE_EXPORT bool IsValidGUIDOutputString(const base::StringPiece& guid);
37 
38 // For unit testing purposes only.  Do not use outside of tests.
39 BASE_EXPORT std::string RandomDataToGUIDString(const uint64_t bytes[2]);
40 
41 }  // namespace base
42 
43 #endif  // BASE_GUID_H_
44