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      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