idmtools.plugins.uuid_generator module

Defines a uuid generator plugin that generates an item id as a uuid. To configure, set ‘id_generator’ in .ini configuration file to ‘uuid’: [COMMON] id_generator = uuid

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idmtools.plugins.uuid_generator.idmtools_generate_id(item: IEntity) → str

Generates a UUID.

Parameters:

item – respective item for which we are generating an id

Returns:

uuid str as item id