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Created December 20, 2011 11:51
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A method that returns a UUID in an ARC environment.
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uuidgen.m
- (NSString *)uuidString {
// Returns a UUID
CFUUIDRef uuid = CFUUIDCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault);
NSString *uuidStr = (__bridge_transfer NSString *)CFUUIDCreateString(kCFAllocatorDefault, uuid);
CFRelease(uuid);
return uuidStr;
}
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Abizern commented Dec 20, 2011

This is a snippet that returns a UUID in an ARC compatible way.

This implementation is a method that you can drop into a class - if you like you can rewrite it as a class method in an NSString category

For methods that only require uniqueness across a network, eg, filenames for dynamically created resources in an app, - something simpler like [[NSProcessInfo processInfo] globallyUniqueString] might suit.

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