GUIDs

A GUID is a 128-bit value that represents something that is uniquely identifiable by this value: "globally unique.". More...

Classes
struct	SDL::GUID
	An GUID is a 128-bit identifier for an input device that identifies that device across runs of SDL programs on the same platform. More...

Typedefs
using	SDL::GUIDRaw = SDL_GUID
	Alias to raw representation for GUID.

Functions
std::string	SDL::GUIDToString (const GUIDRaw &guid)
	Get an ASCII string representation for a given GUID.
GUID	SDL::StringToGUID (StringParam pchGUID)
	Convert a GUID string into a GUID structure.
std::string	SDL::GUID::ToString () const
	Get an ASCII string representation for a given GUID.
	SDL::GUID::GUID (StringParam pchGUID)
	Convert a GUID string into a GUID structure.

Detailed Description

A GUID is a 128-bit value that represents something that is uniquely identifiable by this value: "globally unique.".

SDL provides functions to convert a GUID to/from a string.

Function Documentation

GUID()

SDL::GUID::GUID ( StringParam pchGUID )

inline

Convert a GUID string into a GUID structure.

Performs no error checking. If this function is given a string containing an invalid GUID, the function will silently succeed, but the GUID generated will not be useful.

Parameters

pchGUID

string containing an ASCII representation of a GUID.

Postcondition

a GUID structure.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

GUID.ToString

GUIDToString()

std::string SDL::GUIDToString ( const GUIDRaw & guid )

inline

Get an ASCII string representation for a given GUID.

Parameters

guid	the GUID you wish to convert to string.

Returns

ASCII string.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

StringToGUID

StringToGUID()

GUID SDL::StringToGUID ( StringParam pchGUID )

inline

Convert a GUID string into a GUID structure.

Performs no error checking. If this function is given a string containing an invalid GUID, the function will silently succeed, but the GUID generated will not be useful.

Parameters

pchGUID

string containing an ASCII representation of a GUID.

Returns

a GUID structure.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

GUID.ToString

ToString()

std::string SDL::GUID::ToString ( ) const

inline

Get an ASCII string representation for a given GUID.

Returns

ASCII string.

Thread safety:

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Since

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See also

StringToGUID