NAME

       MongoDB::OID - A Mongo Object ID

VERSION

       version 0.702.1

SYNOPSIS

       If no "_id" field is provided when a document is inserted into the database, an "_id" field will be added
       with a new "MongoDB::OID" as its value.

           my $id = $collection->insert({'name' => 'Alice', age => 20});

       $id will be a "MongoDB::OID" that can be used to retrieve or update the saved document:

           $collection->update({_id => $id}, {'age' => {'$inc' => 1}});
           # now Alice is 21

       To create a copy of an existing OID, you must set the value attribute in the constructor.  For example:

           my $id1 = MongoDB::OID->new;
           my $id2 = MongoDB::OID->new(value => $id1->value);
           my $id3 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1->value);
           my $id4 = MongoDB::OID->new($id1);

       Now $id1, $id2, $<$id3> and $id4 will have the same value.

       OID generation is thread safe.

NAME

       MongoDB::OID - A Mongo ObjectId

SEE ALSO

       Core documentation on object ids: <http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/objectids>.

ATTRIBUTES

   value
       The OID value. A random value will be generated if none exists already.  It is a 24-character hexidecimal
       string (12 bytes).

       Its string representation is the 24-character string.

METHODS

   to_string
           my $hex = $oid->to_string;

       Gets the value of this OID as a 24-digit hexidecimal string.

   get_time
           my $date = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $id->get_time);

       Each OID contains a 4 bytes timestamp from when it was created.  This method extracts the timestamp.

   TO_JSON
           my $json = JSON->new;
           $json->allow_blessed;
           $json->convert_blessed;

           $json->encode(MongoDB::OID->new);

       Returns a JSON string for this OID.  This is compatible with the strict JSON representation used by
       MongoDB, that is, an OID with the value "012345678901234567890123" will be represented as "{"$oid" :
       "012345678901234567890123"}".

AUTHOR

         Kristina Chodorow <kristina@mongodb.org>

AUTHORS

       •   Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

       •   Kristina Chodorow <kristina@mongodb.org>

       •   Mike Friedman <mike.friedman@10gen.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by 10gen, Inc..

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004