From dac50fd2b1fde3832f6666a5c86d407529210986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:10:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Autocreate the identity ID from the software-name if required

This is really useful for software like 'gcc' that has no defined UUID or GUID.
---
 uswid/identity.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/uswid/identity.py b/uswid/identity.py
index 1c7b085..3ad8a74 100644
--- a/uswid/identity.py
+++ b/uswid/identity.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=protected-access,too-many-boolean-expressions
 
 from typing import Dict, Optional, List
+import uuid
 
 from .errors import NotSupportedError
 from .enums import uSwidVersionScheme
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._auto_increment_tag_version = False
         self.tag_id: Optional[str] = tag_id
         self.tag_version: int = tag_version
-        self.software_name: Optional[str] = software_name
+        self._software_name: Optional[str] = software_name
         self.software_version: Optional[str] = software_version
         self.version_scheme: Optional[uSwidVersionScheme] = None
         self.summary: Optional[str] = None
@@ -57,6 +58,16 @@ def __init__(
         self._entities: Dict[str, uSwidEntity] = {}
         self._links: Dict[str, uSwidLink] = {}
 
+    @property
+    def software_name(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self._software_name
+
+    @software_name.setter
+    def software_name(self, software_name: Optional[str]) -> None:
+        if not self.tag_id and software_name:
+            self.tag_id = str(uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, identity.software_name))
+        self._software_name = software_name
+
     def merge(self, identity_new: "uSwidIdentity") -> None:
         """adds new things from the new identity into the current one"""
         if identity_new.tag_version: