Node

Node is the root class for many GTIRB components.

Guaranteed Properties

A unique identifier, UUID
- The UUID is readable.
A facility to look up Node objects by UUID.
- Any node still reachable in memory must be retrievable by UUID.
All APIs must implement a notion of Node.

The guaranteed functionality is provided as follows.

Language	Node Class	Retrieve UUID for Node	Retrieve Node by UUID
C++	gtirb::Node	gtirb::Node::getUUID()	gtirb::Node::getByUUID()
Python	gtirb.Node	gtirb.Node.uuid	gtirb.Node.from_uuid()
Common Lisp	-	uuid object => result	get-uuid uuid object => result