Get the Plone UID for this object

    :param brain_or_object: A single catalog brain or content object
    :type brain_or_object: ATContentType/DexterityContentType/CatalogBrain
    :returns: Plone UID
    :rtype: string

def get_uid(brain_or_object):
    """Get the Plone UID for this object

    :param brain_or_object: A single catalog brain or content object
    :type brain_or_object: ATContentType/DexterityContentType/CatalogBrain
    :returns: Plone UID
    :rtype: string
    """
    if is_portal(brain_or_object):
        return '0'
    if is_brain(brain_or_object) and base_hasattr(brain_or_object, "UID"):
        return brain_or_object.UID
    return get_object(brain_or_object).UID()