DKUniqueID Class Reference

Utility class generates totally unique keys using CFUUID. More...

Inheritance diagram for DKUniqueID:

Class Methods
(NSString *)	+ uniqueKey
Class Methods inherited from NSObject
(id)	+ alloc
(Class)	+ class
(void)	+ initialize
(void)	+ load
(id)	+ new
Class Methods inherited from <NSKeyValueBindingCreation>
(void)	+ exposeBinding:

Additional Inherited Members
Instance Methods inherited from NSObject
(NSString *)	- address
(DKStyleRegistry *)	- applicationWillReturnStyleRegistry
(BOOL)	- canBeUsedWithSelectionTool
(id)	- categoryManager:shouldReplaceObject:withObject:
(Class)	- classForCoder
(NSColor *)	- colorValue
(NSColor *)	- colourValue
(id)	- copy
(void)	- dealloc
(id)	- deepCopy
(NSDictionary *)	- dimensionValuesForArrowStroke:
(CGFloat)	- drawing:convertDistanceToExternalCoordinates:
(NSPoint)	- drawing:convertLocationToExternalCoordinates:
(void)	- drawing:didDrawRect:inView:
(void)	- drawing:willDrawRect:inView:
(NSString *)	- drawing:willReturnAbbreviationForUnit:
(NSString *)	- drawing:willReturnFormattedCoordinateForDistance:
(CGFloat)	- drawingWillReturnUnitToPointsConversonFactor:
(void)	- finalize
(NSString *)	- hexString
(void)	- hotspot:didEndTrackingWithEvent:inView:
(void)	- hotspot:isTrackingWithEvent:inView:
(void)	- hotspot:willBeginTrackingWithEvent:inView:
(NSData *)	- imageData
(NSImage *)	- imageResourceNamed:
(id)	- init
(id)	- initWithExpression:
(id)	- instantiateObjectWithShortName:parameters:
(BOOL)	- isLiteralValue
(void)	- layoutManager:willPlaceGlyphAtIndex:atLocation:pathAngle:yOffset:
(void)	- menuItem:wasAddedForObject:inCategory:
(BOOL)	- moveObjectTo:position:slope:userInfo:
(id)	- mutableCopy
(void)	- oneShotComplete
(void)	- oneShotHasReached:
(void)	- oneShotWillBegin
(void)	- path:elementIndex:type:points:subPathIndex:subPathClosed:contextInfo:
(id)	- placeLinkFromPoint:toPoint:onPath:linkNumber:userInfo:
(id)	- placeObjectAtPoint:onPath:position:slope:userInfo:
(NSPoint)	- point
(NSPoint)	- pointForTextLayout
(DKStyle *)	- registry:shouldReplaceStyle:withStyle:
(NSBezierPath *)	- renderer:willRenderPath:
(void)	- routeFinder:progressHasReached:
(void)	- setValue:forNumericParameter:
(NSString *)	- stringValue
(CGFloat)	- taperFactorAtDistance:onPath:ofLength:
(void)	- toolDidPerformUndoableAction:
(void)	- toolWillPerformUndoableAction:
(NSURL *)	- url
Instance Methods inherited from <NSObject>
(NSString *)	- description
(NSUInteger)	- hash
(BOOL)	- isEqual:
Instance Methods inherited from <NSKeyValueBindingCreation>
(void)	- bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options:
(NSArray *)	- exposedBindings
(NSDictionary *)	- infoForBinding:
(NSArray *)	- optionDescriptionsForBinding:
(void)	- unbind:
(Class)	- valueClassForBinding:

Detailed Description

Utility class generates totally unique keys using CFUUID.

Author

Contributions from the community; see CONTRIBUTORS.md

Date

2005-2015

Copyright

MPL2; see LICENSE.txt

Utility class generates totally unique keys using CFUUID. The keys are guaranteed unique across time, space and different machines.

One intended client for this is to assign unique registry keys to styles to solve the registry merge problem.

Method Documentation

+ (NSString*) uniqueKey