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#ifndef IFCGLOBALID_H
#define IFCGLOBALID_H

#include "ifc_parse_api.h"

#include <boost/uuid/uuid.hpp>
#include <string>

namespace IfcParse {

/// A helper class for the creation of IFC GlobalIds.
class IFC_PARSE_API IfcGlobalId {
  private:
    std::string string_data_;
    std::string formatted_string_;
    boost::uuids::uuid uuid_data_;

  public:
    static const unsigned int length = 22;
    IfcGlobalId();
    IfcGlobalId(const std::string&);
    operator const std::string&() const;
    operator const boost::uuids::uuid&() const;
    const std::string& formatted() const;
};

} // namespace IfcParse

#endif