uuid

Documentation

Index

• Constants
• type UUID
  • func NewUUID4() UUID
  • func (u UUID) Short() string
  • func (u UUID) String() string

Constants

const (
	// UUIDSize is the size in bytes of a UUID.
	UUIDSize = 16
)

Types

type UUID

type UUID []byte

UUID is a 16 byte UUID.

func NewUUID4

func NewUUID4() UUID

NewUUID4 returns a new UUID (Version 4) using 16 random bytes or panics.

The uniqueness depends on the strength of crypto/rand. Version 4 UUIDs have 122 random bits.

func (UUID) Short

func (u UUID) Short() string

Short formats the UUID using only the first four bytes for brevity.

func (UUID) String

func (u UUID) String() string

String formats as hex xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, or "" if u is invalid.