GLib.uuid_string_is_valid (original) (raw)

Function

GLibuuid_string_is_valid

since: 2.52

Declaration [src]


gboolean
g_uuid_string_is_valid (
  const gchar* str
)

Description [src]

Parses the string str and verify if it is a UUID.

The function accepts the following syntax:

Note that hyphens are required within the UUID string itself, as per the aforementioned RFC.

Available since: 2.52

Parameters

str

Type: const gchar*

A string representing a UUID.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if str is a valid UUID, FALSE otherwise.