G3D::GUniqueID Class Reference

Globally unique identifiers. More...

Public Member Functions
	GUniqueID ()
	GUniqueID (const Any &a)
void	deserialize (class BinaryInput &b)
void	deserialize (class TextInput &t)
	operator uint64 () const
bool	operator!= (const GUniqueID &other) const
GUniqueID &	operator= (const Any &a)
bool	operator== (const GUniqueID &other) const
void	serialize (class BinaryOutput &b) const
void	serialize (class TextOutput &t) const
uint16	tag () const
Any	toAny () const
String	toString16 () const
	Returns a 16-character string equivalent to this GUniqueID's uint64 value. More...
bool	uninitialized () const

Static Public Member Functions
static GUniqueID	create (uint16 tag=0)
	Create a new ID. More...
static GUniqueID	fromString16 (const String &s)
static GUniqueID	NONE (uint16 tag)
	Returns the ID that has the specified tag (so that it is not uninitialized), but which is a common sentinel "none" value. More...

Detailed Description

Globally unique identifiers.

The probability of two different programs generating the same value from UniqueID::create is vanishingly small.

UniqueIDs optionally contain a 10-bit application specific tag that distinguishes their type.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GUniqueID() [1/2]

G3D::GUniqueID::GUniqueID ( )

inline

See also

create

GUniqueID() [2/2]

G3D::GUniqueID::GUniqueID ( const Any &  a )

inline

See also

create

Member Function Documentation

create()

static GUniqueID G3D::GUniqueID::create ( uint16  tag = 0 )

static

Create a new ID.

deserialize() [1/2]

void G3D::GUniqueID::deserialize

(

class BinaryInput &

b

)

deserialize() [2/2]

void G3D::GUniqueID::deserialize

(

class TextInput &

t

)

fromString16()

static GUniqueID G3D::GUniqueID::fromString16 ( const String &  s )

static

NONE()

static GUniqueID G3D::GUniqueID::NONE ( uint16  tag )

static

Returns the ID that has the specified tag (so that it is not uninitialized), but which is a common sentinel "none" value.

operator uint64()

G3D::GUniqueID::operator uint64 ( ) const

inline

operator!=()

bool G3D::GUniqueID::operator!= ( const GUniqueID &  other ) const

inline

operator=()

GUniqueID& G3D::GUniqueID::operator=

(

const Any &

a

)

operator==()

bool G3D::GUniqueID::operator== ( const GUniqueID &  other ) const

inline

serialize() [1/2]

void G3D::GUniqueID::serialize

(

class BinaryOutput &

b

)

const

serialize() [2/2]

void G3D::GUniqueID::serialize

(

class TextOutput &

t

)

const

tag()

uint16 G3D::GUniqueID::tag ( ) const

inline

toAny()

Any G3D::GUniqueID::toAny

(

)

const

toString16()

String G3D::GUniqueID::toString16

(

)

const

Returns a 16-character string equivalent to this GUniqueID's uint64 value.

uninitialized()

bool G3D::GUniqueID::uninitialized ( ) const

inline