vitro/webapp/web/src/uuid/RandomGenerator.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.RandomGenerator");
dojo.uuid.RandomGenerator = new function() {
/**
* This function generates random UUIDs, meaning "version 4" UUIDs.
* For example, a typical generated value would be something like
* "3b12f1df-5232-4804-897e-917bf397618a".
*
* Examples:
* <pre>
* var string = dojo.uuid.RandomGenerator.generate();
* var string = dojo.uuid.RandomGenerator.generate(String);
* var uuid = dojo.uuid.RandomGenerator.generate(dojo.uuid.Uuid);
* </pre>
*
* @param returnType Optional. The type of instance to return.
* @return A newly generated version 4 UUID.
*/
this.generate = function(returnType) {
dojo.unimplemented('dojo.uuid.RandomGenerator.generate');
// FIXME:
// For an algorithm to generate a random UUID, see
// sections 4.4 and 4.5 of RFC 4122:
// http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt
var returnValue = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // FIXME
if (returnType && (returnType != String)) {
returnValue = new returnType(returnValue);
}
return returnValue;
};
}();