From 701267af230af9d5bbe5427438f1482a66ea6448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Stone <aaron@serendipity.cx>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:11:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] UUIDTools::UUID.is_uuid? returns true if the string value has
 the general format of a UUID.

Does not validate the UUID at all.
---
 lib/uuidtools.rb | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/uuidtools.rb b/lib/uuidtools.rb
index 38ed27c..801552e 100644
--- a/lib/uuidtools.rb
+++ b/lib/uuidtools.rb
@@ -519,6 +519,13 @@ def generate_raw
     def eql?(other)
       return self == other
     end
+    
+    ##
+    # Returns true if the string value has the general format of a UUID.
+    # Does not validate the UUID at all.
+    def self.is_uuid?(str)
+      !!(str =~ UUIDTools::UUID_REGEXP)
+    end
 
     #
     # Determine what OS we're running on.  Helps decide how to find the MAC