NAME

       BSON::OID - BSON type wrapper for Object IDs

VERSION

       version v1.4.0

SYNOPSIS

           use BSON::Types ':all';

           my $oid  = bson_oid();
           my $oid  = bson_oid->from_epoch(1467543496, 0); # for queries only

           my $bytes = $oid->oid;
           my $hex   = $oid->hex;

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a wrapper around a BSON Object ID
       <https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/ObjectId/>.

ATTRIBUTES

   oid
       A 12-byte (packed) Object ID (OID) string.  If not provided, a new OID will be generated.

METHODS

   new
           my $oid = BSON::OID->new;

           my $oid = BSON::OID->new( oid => $twelve_bytes );

       This is the preferred way to generate an OID.  Without arguments, a unique OID will be
       generated.  With a 12-byte string, an object can be created around an existing OID byte-
       string.

   from_epoch
           # generate a new OID

           my $oid = BSON::OID->from_epoch( $epoch, 0); # other bytes zeroed
           my $oid = BSON::OID->from_epoch( $epoch, $eight_more_bytes );

           # reset an existing OID

           $oid->from_epoch( $new_epoch, 0 );
           $oid->from_epoch( $new_epoch, $eight_more_bytes );

       Warning! You should not rely on this method for a source of unique IDs.  Use this method
       for query boundaries, only.

       An OID is a twelve-byte string.  Typically, the first four bytes represent integer seconds
       since the Unix epoch in big-endian format.  The remaining bytes ensure uniqueness.

       With this method, the first argument to this method is an epoch time (in integer seconds).
       The second argument is the remaining eight-bytes to append to the string.

       When called as a class method, it returns a new BSON::OID object.  When called as an
       object method, it mutates the existing internal OID value.

       As a special case, if the second argument is defined and zero ("0"), then the remaining
       bytes will be zeroed.

           my $oid = BSON::OID->from_epoch(1467545180, 0);

       This is particularly useful when looking for documents by their insertion date: you can
       simply look for OIDs which are greater or lower than the one generated with this method.

       For backwards compatibility with Mango, if called without a second argument, the method
       generates the remainder of the fields "like usual".  This is equivalent to calling
       "BSON::OID->new" and replacing the first four bytes with the packed epoch value.

           # UNSAFE: don't do this unless you have to

           my $oid = BSON::OID->from_epoch(1467545180);

       If you insist on creating a unique OID with "from_epoch", set the remaining eight bytes in
       a way that guarantees thread-safe uniqueness, such as from a reliable source of randomness
       (see Crypt::URandom).

         use Crypt::Random 'urandom';
         my $oid = BSON::OID->from_epoch(1467545180, urandom(8));

   hex
       Returns the "oid" attributes as 24-byte hexadecimal value

   get_time
       Returns a number corresponding to the portion of the "oid" value that represents seconds
       since the epoch.

   TO_JSON
       Returns a string for this OID, with the OID given as 24 hex digits.

       If the "BSON_EXTJSON" option is true, it will instead be compatible with MongoDB's
       extended JSON <https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/mongodb-extended-json/> format,
       which represents it as a document as follows:

           {"$oid" : "012345678901234567890123"}

OVERLOAD

       The string operator is overloaded so any string operations will actually use the
       24-character hex value of the OID.  Fallback overloading is enabled.

THREADS

       This module is thread safe.

AUTHORS

       •   David Golden <david@mongodb.com>

       •   Stefan G. <minimalist@lavabit.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2017 by Stefan G. and MongoDB, Inc.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004