Vte.Uuid¶

Fields¶

None

Methods¶

class	`new_from_string` (str, len, fmt)
class	`new_v4` ()
class	`validate_string` (str, len, fmt)
	`dup` ()
	`equal` (other)
	`free` ()
	`free_to_string` (fmt, len)
	`new_v5` (data, len)
	`to_string` (fmt)

Details¶

class Vte.Uuid¶

An object representing an UUID.

New in version 0.78.

classmethod new_from_string(str, len, fmt)¶

Parameters:

str (str) – a string
len (int) – the length of str, or -1 is str is NUL terminated
fmt (Vte.UuidFormat) – flags from Vte.UuidFormat for which fmt(s) to accept

Returns:

a new UUID, or None is str is not a valid UUID string representation

Return type:

Vte.Uuid or None

Creates a new UUID from its string representation str.

New in version 0.78.

classmethod new_v4()¶

Returns:: a new v4 UUID
Return type:: Vte.Uuid

Creates a new random UUID.

New in version 0.78.

classmethod validate_string(str, len, fmt)¶

Parameters:

str (str) – a string
len (int) – the length of str, or -1 is str is NUL terminated
fmt (Vte.UuidFormat) – a Vte.UuidFormat

Returns:

True iff str is a valid string representation

Return type:

bool

Checks whether str is a valid string representation of an UUID.

New in version 0.78.

dup()¶

Returns:: a new copy of @`self`
Return type:: Vte.Uuid

Creates a copy of self.

New in version 0.78.

equal(other)¶

Parameters:: other (Vte.Uuid) –
Returns:: True iff self and other are equal
Return type:: bool

Compares self and other for equality.

New in version 0.78.

free()¶: Frees self.

New in version 0.78.

free_to_string(fmt, len)¶

Parameters:

fmt (Vte.UuidFormat) – a Vte.UuidFormat
len (int) – a location to store the length of the returned string, or None

Returns:

a string representation of self

Return type:

str

Frees self and returns its string representation, see Vte.Uuid.to_string() for more information.

New in version 0.78.

new_v5(data, len)¶

Parameters:

data (str) – string data
len (int) – the length of data, or -1 if str is NUL terminated

Returns:

a new v5 UUID

Return type:

Vte.Uuid

Creates a new UUID for self and str.

New in version 0.78.

to_string(fmt)¶

Parameters:

fmt (Vte.UuidFormat) – a Vte.UuidFormat

Returns:

a string representation of self

len:: a location to store the length of the returned string, or None

Return type:

(str, len: int)

Returns the string representation of self.

New in version 0.78.