id

Documentation

Overview

Package id provides functions for creating globally unique IDs that can be used by the application.

Index

• type ID
  • func Create() ID
  • func Parse(idBytes []byte) (ID, error)

Types

type ID

type ID interface {
	fmt.Stringer
	Bytes() []byte
}

ID describes a general identifier. An ID has to be unique application-wide. IDs must not be re-used.

func Create

func Create() ID

Create creates a globally unique ID. This function is safe for concurrent use.

func Parse

func Parse(idBytes []byte) (ID, error)

Parse parses an ID from a byte slice.