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=head1 NAME

Data::GUID::Any - Generic interface for GUID creation

=head1 VERSION

This documentation describes version 0.002.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

     use Data::GUID::Any 'guid_as_string';
 
     my $guid = guid_as_string();

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module is a generic wrapper around various ways of obtaining 
Globally Unique ID's (GUID's).  It will use any of the following, listed
from most preferred to least preferred:

=over

=item *

L<Data::GUID>

=item *

L<Data::UUID>

=item *

L<Data::UUID::LibUUID>

=item *

L<UUID>

=item *

L<Win32> (using GuidGen())

=item *

L<UUID::Generator::PurePerl>

=item *

L<APR::UUID> (random)

=item *

L<UUID::Random> (random)

=item *

uuid (external program)

=back

If none are available when Data::GUID::Any is installed, it will 
add Data::GUID as a prerequisite.

=head1 USAGE

=head2 guid_as_string()

     my $guid = guid_as_string();

Returns a guid in string format with upper-case hex characters:  

   FA2D5B34-23DB-11DE-B548-0018F34EC37C

Except for modules that only produce random GUID's, these are 'version 1'
GUID's.

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests using the CPAN Request Tracker
web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Data-GUID-Any>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an
existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over

=item *

RFC 4122 L<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122>

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

David A. Golden (DAGOLDEN)

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2009 by David A. Golden. All rights reserved.

Licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
A copy of the License was distributed with this file or you may obtain a
copy of the License from http:E<sol>E<sol>www.apache.orgE<sol>licensesE<sol>LICENSE-2.0

Files produced as output though the use of this software, shall not be
considered Derivative Works, but shall be considered the original work of the
Licensor.

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
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