vitro/webapp/web/src/uuid/NilGenerator.js

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/*
Copyright (c) 2004-2006, The Dojo Foundation
All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1 or above OR the
modified BSD license. For more information on Dojo licensing, see:
http://dojotoolkit.org/community/licensing.shtml
*/
dojo.provide("dojo.uuid.NilGenerator");
dojo.uuid.NilGenerator = new function() {
/**
* This function returns the Nil UUID:
* "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000".
* The Nil UUID is described in section 4.1.7 of
* RFC 4122: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt
*
* Examples:
* <pre>
* var string = dojo.uuid.NilGenerator.generate();
* var string = dojo.uuid.NilGenerator.generate(String);
* var uuid = dojo.uuid.NilGenerator.generate(dojo.uuid.Uuid);
* </pre>
*
* @param returnType Optional. The type of instance to return.
* @return The nil UUID.
*/
this.generate = function(returnType) {
var returnValue = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
if (returnType && (returnType != String)) {
returnValue = new returnType(returnValue);
}
return returnValue;
};
}();