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+package DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker::Data::UUID;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base qw/DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker/;
+use Data::UUID ();
+
+sub as_string {
+ return Data::UUID->new->to_string(Data::UUID->new->create);
+};
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker::Data::UUID - Create uuids using Data::UUID
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ package Artist;
+ __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/UUIDColumns Core DB/);
+ __PACKAGE__->uuid_columns( 'artist_id' );
+ __PACKAGE__->uuid_class('::Data::UUID');
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns::UUIDMaker subclass uses Data::UUID to generate
+uuid strings in the following format:
+
+ 098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 as_string
+
+Returns the new uuid as a string.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Data::UUID>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Chris Laco <claco@chrislaco.com>
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.