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+# 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 generate_uuid():
+ return str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+
+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
[DEFAULT]
# The list of modules to copy from openstack-common
-modules=gettextutils,cfg,local,iniparser,utils,exception,timeutils,importutils,setup,log,jsonutils,notifier,rpc,excutils,service,threadgroup,eventlet_backdoor,loopingcall,network_utils
+modules=gettextutils,cfg,local,iniparser,utils,exception,timeutils,importutils,setup,log,jsonutils,notifier,rpc,excutils,service,threadgroup,eventlet_backdoor,loopingcall,network_utils,uuidutils
# The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
base=heat