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+# Copyright (c) 2012 Intel Corporation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+UUID related utilities and helper functions.
+"""
+
+import uuid
+
+
+def generate_uuid():
+    return str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+
+def is_uuid_like(val):
+    """Returns validation of a value as a UUID.
+
+    For our purposes, a UUID is a canonical form string:
+    aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa
+
+    """
+    try:
+        return str(uuid.UUID(val)) == val
+    except (TypeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
+        return False