BloombergLP::bdlb::GuidUtil::generateNonSecure

Generate and return a single non-cryptographic RFC 4122 version 4 GUID.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdlb_guidutil.h>

static
Guid
generateNonSecure();

Description

Generate and return a single GUID meeting the RFC 4122 version 4 specification, consisting of 122 randomly generated bits, two "variant" bits set to 10, and four "version" bits set to 0100. Note that this function generates high quality, albeit not cryptographically secure, random numbers for GUIDs.

Return Value

a single non-cryptographic RFC 4122 version 4 GUID