mongo-ruby-driver/lib/mongo/objectid.rb

# Copyright (C) 2008 10gen Inc.
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require 'mongo/util/uuid'

module XGen
  module Mongo
    module Driver

      class ObjectID
        
        include Comparable

        include Comparable

        @@uuid_generator = UUID.new

        # String UUID
        attr_reader :uuid

        # +uuid+ is a string. If nil, a new UUID will be generated.
        def initialize(uuid=nil)
          # The Babble server expects 12-byte (24 hex character) keys, which
          # is why we throw away part of the UUID.
          @uuid ||= @@uuid_generator.generate(:compact).sub(/(.{12}).{8}(.{12})/, '\1\2')
        end

        def to_s
          @uuid
        end

        # This will make more sense when we implement the Babble algorithm for
        # generating object ids.
        def <=>(other)
          to_s <=> other.to_s
        end
      end
    end
  end
end