Mainflux.mainflux/things/idp.go

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//
// Copyright (c) 2018
// Mainflux
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//
//
// Copyright (c) 2018
// Mainflux
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//
package things
import (
"strconv"
)
// IdentityProvider specifies an API for generating unique identifiers.
type IdentityProvider interface {
// ID generates the unique identifier.
ID() string
}
// FromString extracts an unsigned integer from given string value. Since
// unsigned integers are used for thing and channel identifiers, malformed
// extraction will result in ErrNotFound error.
func FromString(v string) (uint64, error) {
base := 10
bitSize := 64
id, err := strconv.ParseUint(v, base, bitSize)
if err != nil {
return 0, ErrNotFound
}
return id, nil
}