Class Names

Namespace

Amazon.CDK

Assembly

Amazon.CDK.dll

Functions for devising unique names for constructs.

public class Names : DeputyBase

Inheritance

object

Names

Remarks

For example, those can be used to allocate unique physical names for resources.

Methods

NodeUniqueId(ConstructNode)

Returns a CloudFormation-compatible unique identifier for a construct based on its path.

public static string NodeUniqueId(ConstructNode node)

Parameters

node ConstructNode

The construct node.

Returns

string

a unique id based on the construct path

Remarks

The identifier includes a human readable portion rendered from the path components and a hash suffix.

TODO (v2): replace with API to use constructs.Node.

UniqueId(Construct)

Returns a CloudFormation-compatible unique identifier for a construct based on its path.

public static string UniqueId(Construct construct)

Parameters

construct Construct

The construct.

Returns

string

a unique id based on the construct path

Remarks

The identifier includes a human readable portion rendered from the path components and a hash suffix.