# Copyright (C) 2004 Domingo Alcázar Larrea
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the version 2 of the GNU General
# Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307

package DIME::Identifier;
$DIME::Identifier::VERSION = '0.05';
use 5.008;
use strict;
use warnings;
require Data::UUID;


sub new
{
	my $class = shift;
	my $this  = {};

    my $du = Data::UUID->new();
    return 'uuid:'.$du->create_str();
}

1;

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

DIME::Identifier - Class that generate identifiers for DIME payloads

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use DIME::Identifier;
  my $id = DIME::Identifier->new;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This class isolates the identifier generation for payloads from DIME::Payload module.

In Win32 platforms UUID module is used and in UNIX, the Data::UUID module.

=head1 SEE ALSO

DIME::Tools

=head1 AUTHOR

Domingo Alcazar Larrea, E<lt>dalcazar@cpan.orgE<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE


Copyright (C) 2004 Domingo Alcázar Larrea

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the version 2 of the GNU General
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307

=cut