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package MongoDB::OID;
# ABSTRACT: A Mongo Object ID
use version;
our $VERSION = 'v0.999.998.5';
use Moose;
use MongoDB;
use Types::Standard -types;
use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
#pod =head1 ATTRIBUTES
#pod
#pod =head2 value
#pod
#pod The OID value. A random value will be generated if none exists already.
#pod It is a 24-character hexidecimal string (12 bytes).
#pod
#pod Its string representation is the 24-character string.
#pod
#pod =cut
has value => (
is => 'ro',
isa => Str,
required => 1,
builder => '_build_value',
);
# XXX need to set up typedef with str length
# msg: "OIDs need to have a length of 24 bytes"
sub _build_value {
my ($self) = @_;
return MongoDB::BSON::generate_oid();
}
around BUILDARGS => sub {
my $orig = shift;
my $class = shift;
if (@_ == 1) {
return $class->$orig(value => $_[0])
unless ref($_[0]);
return $class->$orig(value => $_[0]->value)
if blessed($_[0]) && $_[0]->isa($class);
}
return $class->$orig(@_);
};
#pod =head1 METHODS
#pod
#pod =head2 to_string
#pod
#pod my $hex = $oid->to_string;
#pod
#pod Gets the value of this OID as a 24-digit hexidecimal string.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub to_string {
my ($self) = @_;
$self->value;
}
#pod =head2 get_time
#pod
#pod my $date = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $id->get_time);
#pod
#pod Each OID contains a 4 bytes timestamp from when it was created. This method
#pod extracts the timestamp.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub get_time {
my ($self) = @_;
return hex(substr($self->value, 0, 8));
}
# for testing purposes
sub _get_pid {
my ($self) = @_;
return hex(substr($self->value, 14, 4));
}
#pod =head2 TO_JSON
#pod
#pod my $json = JSON->new;
#pod $json->allow_blessed;
#pod $json->convert_blessed;
#pod
#pod $json->encode(MongoDB::OID->new);
#pod
#pod Returns a JSON string for this OID. This is compatible with the strict JSON
#pod representation used by MongoDB, that is, an OID with the value
#pod "012345678901234567890123" will be represented as
#pod C<{"$oid" : "012345678901234567890123"}>.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub TO_JSON {
my ($self) = @_;
return {'$oid' => $self->value};
}
'""' => \&to_string,
'fallback' => 1;
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
MongoDB::OID - A Mongo Object ID
=head1 VERSION
version v0.999.998.5
=head1 SYNOPSIS
If no C<_id> field is provided when a document is inserted into the database, an
C<_id> field will be added with a new C<MongoDB::OID> as its value.
my $id = $collection->insert({'name' => 'Alice', age => 20});
C<$id> will be a C<MongoDB::OID> that can be used to retrieve or update the
saved document:
$collection->update({_id => $id}, {'age' => {'$inc' => 1}});
# now Alice is 21
To create a copy of an existing OID, you must set the value attribute in the
constructor. For example:
my $id1 = MongoDB::OID->new;
my $id2 = MongoDB::OID->new(value => $id1->value);
my $id3 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1->value);
my $id4 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1);
Now C<$id1>, C<$id2>, C<$id3> and C<$id4> will have the same value.
OID generation is thread safe.
=head1 ATTRIBUTES
=head2 value
The OID value. A random value will be generated if none exists already.
It is a 24-character hexidecimal string (12 bytes).
Its string representation is the 24-character string.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 to_string
my $hex = $oid->to_string;
Gets the value of this OID as a 24-digit hexidecimal string.
=head2 get_time
my $date = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $id->get_time);
Each OID contains a 4 bytes timestamp from when it was created. This method
extracts the timestamp.
=head2 TO_JSON
my $json = JSON->new;
$json->allow_blessed;
$json->convert_blessed;
$json->encode(MongoDB::OID->new);
Returns a JSON string for this OID. This is compatible with the strict JSON
representation used by MongoDB, that is, an OID with the value
"012345678901234567890123" will be represented as
C<{"$oid" : "012345678901234567890123"}>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
Core documentation on object ids: L<http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/objectids>.
=head1 AUTHORS
=over 4
=item *
David Golden <david@mongodb.com>
=item *
Mike Friedman <friedo@mongodb.com>
=item *
Kristina Chodorow <kristina@mongodb.com>
=item *
Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
=back
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2015 by MongoDB, Inc..
This is free software, licensed under:
The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
=cut