#
# = uuid.rb - UUID generator
#
# Author:: Assaf Arkin assaf@labnotes.org
# Eric Hodel drbrain@segment7.net
# Documentation:: http://trac.labnotes.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/Ruby/UuidGenerator
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Assaf Arkin, Eric Hodel
# License:: MIT and/or Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
require 'fileutils'
require 'thread'
require 'tmpdir'
require 'rubygems'
require 'macaddr'
##
# = Generating UUIDs
#
# Call #generate to generate a new UUID. The method returns a string in one of
# three formats. The default format is 36 characters long, and contains the 32
# hexadecimal octets and hyphens separating the various value parts. The
# :compact format omits the hyphens, while the :urn format
# adds the :urn:uuid prefix.
#
# For example:
#
# uuid = UUID.new
#
# 10.times do
# p uuid.generate
# end
#
# = UUIDs in Brief
#
# UUID (universally unique identifier) are guaranteed to be unique across time
# and space.
#
# A UUID is 128 bit long, and consists of a 60-bit time value, a 16-bit
# sequence number and a 48-bit node identifier.
#
# The time value is taken from the system clock, and is monotonically
# incrementing. However, since it is possible to set the system clock
# backward, a sequence number is added. The sequence number is incremented
# each time the UUID generator is started. The combination guarantees that
# identifiers created on the same machine are unique with a high degree of
# probability.
#
# Note that due to the structure of the UUID and the use of sequence number,
# there is no guarantee that UUID values themselves are monotonically
# incrementing. The UUID value cannot itself be used to sort based on order
# of creation.
#
# To guarantee that UUIDs are unique across all machines in the network,
# the IEEE 802 MAC address of the machine's network interface card is used as
# the node identifier.
#
# For more information see {RFC 4122}[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt].
class UUID
VERSION = '2.0.1'
##
# Clock multiplier. Converts Time (resolution: seconds) to UUID clock
# (resolution: 10ns)
CLOCK_MULTIPLIER = 10000000
##
# Clock gap is the number of ticks (resolution: 10ns) between two Ruby Time
# ticks.
CLOCK_GAPS = 100000
##
# Version number stamped into the UUID to identify it as time-based.
VERSION_CLOCK = 0x0100
##
# Formats supported by the UUID generator.
#
# :default:: Produces 36 characters, including hyphens separating
# the UUID value parts
# :compact:: Produces a 32 digits (hexadecimal) value with no
# hyphens
# :urn:: Adds the prefix urn:uuid: to the default format
FORMATS = {
:compact => '%08x%04x%04x%04x%012x',
:default => '%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x',
:urn => 'urn:uuid:%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x',
}
##
# MAC address (48 bits), sequence number and last clock
STATE_FILE_FORMAT = 'SLLQ'
@state_file = nil
@mode = nil
@uuid = nil
##
# The access mode of the state file. Set it with state_file.
def self.mode
@mode
end
##
# Generates a new UUID string using +format+. See FORMATS for a list of
# supported formats.
def self.generate(format = :default)
@uuid ||= new
@uuid.generate format
end
##
# Creates an empty state file in /var/tmp/ruby-uuid or the windows common
# application data directory using mode 0644. Call with a different mode
# before creating a UUID generator if you want to open access beyond your
# user by default.
#
# If the default state dir is not writable, UUID falls back to ~/.ruby-uuid.
#
# State files are not portable across machines.
def self.state_file(mode = 0644)
return @state_file if @state_file
@mode = mode
begin
require 'Win32API'
csidl_common_appdata = 0x0023
path = 0.chr * 260
get_folder_path = Win32API.new('shell32', 'SHGetFolderPath', 'LLLLP', 'L')
get_folder_path.call 0, csidl_common_appdata, 0, 1, path
state_dir = File.join(path.strip)
rescue LoadError
state_dir = File.join('', 'var', 'tmp')
end
if File.writable?(state_dir) then
@state_file = File.join(state_dir, 'ruby-uuid')
else
@state_file = File.expand_path(File.join('~', '.ruby-uuid'))
end
@state_file
end
##
# Create a new UUID generator. You really only need to do this once.
def initialize
@drift = 0
@last_clock = (Time.now.to_f * CLOCK_MULTIPLIER).to_i
@mutex = Mutex.new
if File.exist?(self.class.state_file) then
next_sequence
else
@mac = Mac.addr.gsub(/:|-/, '').hex & 0x7FFFFFFFFFFF
fail "Cannot determine MAC address from any available interface, tried with #{Mac.addr}" if @mac == 0
@sequence = rand 0x10000
open_lock 'w' do |io|
write_state io
end
end
end
##
# Generates a new UUID string using +format+. See FORMATS for a list of
# supported formats.
def generate(format = :default)
template = FORMATS[format]
raise ArgumentError, "invalid UUID format #{format.inspect}" unless template
# The clock must be monotonically increasing. The clock resolution is at
# best 100 ns (UUID spec), but practically may be lower (on my setup,
# around 1ms). If this method is called too fast, we don't have a
# monotonically increasing clock, so the solution is to just wait.
#
# It is possible for the clock to be adjusted backwards, in which case we
# would end up blocking for a long time. When backward clock is detected,
# we prevent duplicates by asking for a new sequence number and continue
# with the new clock.
clock = @mutex.synchronize do
clock = (Time.new.to_f * CLOCK_MULTIPLIER).to_i & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0
if clock > @last_clock then
@drift = 0
@last_clock = clock
elsif clock == @last_clock then
drift = @drift += 1
if drift < 10000 then
@last_clock += 1
else
Thread.pass
nil
end
else
next_sequence
@last_clock = clock
end
end until clock
template % [
clock & 0xFFFFFFFF,
(clock >> 32) & 0xFFFF,
((clock >> 48) & 0xFFFF | VERSION_CLOCK),
@sequence & 0xFFFF,
@mac & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF
]
end
##
# Updates the state file with a new sequence number.
def next_sequence
open_lock 'r+' do |io|
@mac, @sequence, @last_clock = read_state(io)
io.rewind
io.truncate 0
@sequence += 1
write_state io
end
rescue Errno::ENOENT
open_lock 'w' do |io|
write_state io
end
ensure
@last_clock = (Time.now.to_f * CLOCK_MULTIPLIER).to_i
@drift = 0
end
def inspect
mac = ("%012x" % @mac).scan(/[0-9a-f]{2}/).join(':')
"MAC: #{mac} Sequence: #{@sequence}"
end
protected
##
# Open the state file with an exclusive lock and access mode +mode+.
def open_lock(mode)
File.open self.class.state_file, mode, self.class.mode do |io|
begin
io.flock File::LOCK_EX
yield io
ensure
io.flock File::LOCK_UN
end
end
end
##
# Read the state from +io+
def read_state(io)
mac1, mac2, seq, last_clock = io.read(32).unpack(STATE_FILE_FORMAT)
mac = (mac1 << 32) + mac2
return mac, seq, last_clock
end
##
# Write that state to +io+
def write_state(io)
mac2 = @mac & 0xffffffff
mac1 = (@mac >> 32) & 0xffff
io.write [mac1, mac2, @sequence, @last_clock].pack(STATE_FILE_FORMAT)
end
end