GuidGenerator

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Overview

Simple module with an exposed java action that generates a guid, also known as a unique id. GUIDs are very helpful for uniqueness in keys for REST APIs

Documentation

Demo url

Description

Java Action that generates a UUID v1 string.

RegEx format: [0-9a-fA-F]{8}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}

String sample: 6a2f41a3-c54c-fce8-32d2-0324e1c32e22

Typical usage scenario

The Guid generator is handy when you need to unabstracted uniqueness to an entity object and want that uniqueness to be in the form of a guid. Helps for getting, posting, and patching existing records in entities when publishing REST APIs.

Releases

Version: 1.0.0

Framework Version: 7.23.2

Release Notes: Initial release