NAME CPAN::Testers::Common::Utils - Utility functions for CPAN Testers modules VERSION This documentation describes version 0.001. SYNOPSIS use CPAN::Testers::Common::Utils ':all'; # NNTP ID <=> GUID mapping $guid = nntp_to_guid( $nntp_id ); $nntp_id = guid_to_nntp( $guid ); DESCRIPTION This module contains common utility functions for use by other CPAN Testers modules USAGE Mapping NNTP IDs to GUIDs Legacy CPAN Testers reports were sent via email and made available via an NNTP group, C. Reports were 'indexed' by their NNTP ID. The next generation of CPAN Testers uses a GUID URN to identify reports. Old reports with an NNTP ID are mapped to GUIDs by replacing the first 8 hex characters of a common 'base GUID' with a zero-padded decimal representation of the NNTP ID. XXXXXXXX-b19f-3f77-b713-d32bba55d77f Such GUID URNs are visually distinctive and have the nice feature of sorting earlier than second-generated report GUIDs based on a timestamp. Two translation functions are provided for convenience. `nntp_to_guid' $guid = nntp_to_guid( $nntp_id ); Given a numeric NNTP ID, returns a standard string-form GUID. (No range checking is done.) Examples: nntp_to_guid( 51432 ); # 00051432-b19f-3f77-b713-d32bba55d77f nntp_to_guid( 6171265 ); # 06171265-b19f-3f77-b713-d32bba55d77f `guid_to_nntp' $guid = nntp_to_guid( $nntp_id ); Given a GUID string of the form described above, returns the decimal number in the first 8 characaters. (Again, there is no error checking that the GUID is properly formatted.) Examples: guid_to_nntp( '00051432-b19f-3f77-b713-d32bba55d77f' ); # 51432 guid_to_nntp( '06171265-b19f-3f77-b713-d32bba55d77f' ); # 6171265 BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests using the CPAN Request Tracker web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=CPAN-Testers-Common-Utils 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. SEE ALSO * Data::GUID::Any AUTHOR David A. Golden (DAGOLDEN) COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2010 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:EEwww.apache.orgElicensesELICENSE-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 limitations under the License.