From 2824a9bbe493493392adef1e79ee4de6f3a76fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhongyue Luo <zhongyue.nah@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:35:19 +0800
Subject: Creates uuidutils module

Fixes bug #1070198

Implements UUID processing functions used across projects.

Change-Id: Ife2c972cea727dc7e453008bcd5871607e883d5c
---
 openstack/common/uuidutils.py | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 openstack/common/uuidutils.py

(limited to 'openstack')

diff --git a/openstack/common/uuidutils.py b/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51042a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/common/uuidutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Intel Corporation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+UUID related utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import uuid
+
+
+def is_uuid_like(val):
+    """Returns validation of a value as a UUID.
+
+    For our purposes, a UUID is a canonical form string:
+    aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa
+
+    """
+    try:
+        return str(uuid.UUID(val)) == val
+    except (TypeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
+        return False
-- 
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