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"""
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
