MongoDB::OID(3)

NAME
MongoDB::OID - A Mongo Object ID

VERSION
version 0.503.3

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 retreive 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);

Now $id1 and $id2 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