generateKey
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Deprecated | |
(This function has been deprecated, please use llGenerateKey instead.) |
Summary
Function: key GenerateKey( string service, string variable );
Generates a key using Type 3 (MD5) UUID generation to create a unique key using region-name, object-key, service and variable.
Returns a key The generated key
• string | service | – | The service, object, function, or whatever else this key may represent. | |
• string | variable | – | Any variable(s) relevant to the service that uniquely distinguish it. |
Caveats
- This function has been deprecated, please use llGenerateKey instead.
Examples
In a two-prim linked-set put the following script (adding generateKey where noted) into the child-prim:<lsl>integer requestID = 0;
// Add generateKey here!!
default {
touch_start(integer x) { llMessageLinked( LINK_ROOT, 1234, "I am a request", generateKey("echo", (string)requestID++) ); }
link_message(integer x, integer y, string msg, key id) { if (y == 1234) llOwnerSay("Request: " + (string)id + " = " + msg); }
}</lsl>And the following script in the root-prim:<lsl>default {
link_message(integer x, integer y, string msg, key id) { if (y == 1234) // Echo, send straight back llMessageLinked(x, y, msg, id); }}</lsl>Simply touch the child-prim to use, enjoy!
Implementation
<lsl>key generateKey(string service, string variable) {
return (key)llInsertString( llInsertString( llInsertString( llInsertString( llMD5String( "secondlife://" + llGetRegionName() + "/" + (string)llGetKey() + "/" + (string)llGetLinkNumber() + "/" + llGetScriptName() + "/" + service + "/" + variable, 0 // This is reserved by specification, will // be increased with new/different versions. ), 8, "-" ), 13, "-" ), 18, "-" ), 23, "-" );
}</lsl>
Optimisation
Instead of always calling llGetRegionName(), llGetKey(), llGetLinkNumber(), and llGetScriptName(), you may wish to cache their return values into a uri
variable, and only dynamically add the service and variable parameters each-time. Remember to update this variable when you know it's components will have changed, using the changed(), on_rez(), and/or attach() events.
Here is an example of the caching version of the function: <lsl>string uri; key generateKey(string service, string variable) {
if (uri == "") uri = "secondlife://" + llGetRegionName() + "/" + (string)llGetKey() + "/" + (string)llGetLinkNumber() + "/" + llGetScriptName() + "/"; return (key)llInsertString( llInsertString( llInsertString( llInsertString( llMD5String( uri + service + "/" + variable, 0 // This is reserved by specification, will // be increased with new/different versions. ), 8, "-" ), 13, "-" ), 18, "-" ), 23, "-" );
}
integer counter = 0; default {
state_entry() { llSetTimerEvent(10.0); }
on_rez(integer x) { uri = ""; } attach(key id) { uri = ""; } changed(integer changes) { if (changes & (CHANGED_REGION | CHANGED_INVENTORY)) uri = ""; }
timer() { llOwnerSay("Random key of the moment is \"" + (string)generateKey("counter", (string)(counter++)) + "\""); }
}</lsl>