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+/**
+ * \file
+ * ways to create uuid variant 5. For uuid of variant 1 I use
+ * the implementation delivered with the core utils.
+ * But this is wrapped in here, so that the rest of the code
+ * can use only this implementation...this additionally has the
+ * advantage that we can implement version 1 here too for systems
+ * where the coreutils implementation is not available.
+ *
+ * \author  Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2012  Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __UUID_H__
+#define __UUID_H__
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
+
+#include "class.h"
+#include "commons.h"
+
+
+CLASS(Uuid) {
+	union {
+		uuid_t value;
+		struct {
+			uint32_t time_low;
+			uint16_t time_mid;
+			uint16_t time_low_version;
+			uint8_t  clk_seq_hi_res;
+			uint8_t  clk_seq_low;
+			uint16_t node_hi;
+			uint32_t node_low;
+		} elements;
+	} uuid;
+};
+
+#endif // __ASSET_H__
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4: