[MESOS-8309] Introduce a UUID message type

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Labels: mesosphere
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Epic Link: Resource Provider and CSI
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 69, Mesosphere Sprint 70
• Story Points: 3
• Assignee: Jan Schlicht
• Reporter: Jan Schlicht
• Shepherd: Benjamin Bannier
• Created: 07/Dec/17 08:16
• Updated: 17/Oct/18 01:12
• Resolved: 14/Dec/17 16:40

Description

Currently when UUID need to be part of a protobuf message, we use a byte array field for that. This has some drawbacks, especially when it comes to outputting the UUID in logs: To stringify the UUID field, we first have to create a stout UUID, then call .toString() of that one. It would help to have a UUID type in mesos.proto and provide a stringification function for it in type_utils.hpp.