Capability - Utility :: UUID Generation

Description:

Provides generation of UUID according to RFC 4122 [B74].

Version:

0.1 - Initial capability definition.

Interactions:

• Asynchronous: None

• Command: None

• Request-Reply: GetNamespaceUUID(), GetUUID()

• Request-Reply - GetNamespaceUUID()

  • Purpose: Request a new name-based (i.e., version 3 or version 5) UUID value.

  • Request Data:

    • namespaceId (UUID) : The namespace base UUID base.

    • name (String) : The unique name within the namespace to use in generation of the UUID.

  • Reply Data:

    • id (UUID) : The new UUID.

    • errorMsg (String) : An error message describing why UUID generation failed.

• Request-Reply - GetUUID()

  • Purpose: Request a new time-based (i.e., version 1) UUID value.

  • Request Data: None

  • Reply Data:

    • id (UUID) : The new UUID.

    • errorMsg (String) : An error message describing why UUID generation failed.