Documentation ¶
Overview ¶
Package uuid provides implementations of the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), as specified in RFC-4122 and the Peabody RFC Draft (revision 02).
RFC-4122[1] provides the specification for versions 1, 3, 4, and 5. The Peabody UUID RFC Draft[2] provides the specification for the new k-sortable UUIDs, versions 6 and 7.
DCE 1.1[3] provides the specification for version 2, but version 2 support was removed from this package in v4 due to some concerns with the specification itself. Reading the spec, it seems that it would result in generating UUIDs that aren't very unique. In having read the spec it seemed that our implementation did not meet the spec. It also seems to be at-odds with RFC 4122, meaning we would need quite a bit of special code to support it. Lastly, there were no Version 2 implementations that we could find to ensure we were understanding the specification correctly.
[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122 [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-peabody-dispatch-new-uuid-format-02 [3] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9696989899/chap5.htm#tagcjh_08_02_01_01
Index ¶
- Constants
- Variables
- type Gen
- type Generator
- type HWAddrFunc
- type NullUUID
- type Precision
- type Timestamp
- type UUID
- func FromBytes(input []byte) (UUID, error)
- func FromBytesOrNil(input []byte) UUID
- func FromString(input string) (UUID, error)
- func FromStringOrNil(input string) UUID
- func Must(u UUID, err error) UUID
- func NewV1() (UUID, error)
- func NewV3(ns UUID, name string) UUID
- func NewV4() (UUID, error)
- func NewV5(ns UUID, name string) UUID
- func NewV6() (UUID, error)
- func NewV7(p Precision) (UUID, error)
- func (u UUID) Bytes() []byte
- func (u UUID) Format(f fmt.State, c rune)
- func (u UUID) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error)
- func (u UUID) MarshalText() ([]byte, error)
- func (u *UUID) Scan(src interface{}) error
- func (u *UUID) SetVariant(v byte)
- func (u *UUID) SetVersion(v byte)
- func (u UUID) String() string
- func (u *UUID) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error
- func (u *UUID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error
- func (u UUID) Value() (driver.Value, error)
- func (u UUID) Variant() byte
- func (u UUID) Version() byte
Constants ¶
const ( V1 byte // Version 1 (date-time and MAC address) V3 // Version 3 (namespace name-based) V4 // Version 4 (random) V5 // Version 5 (namespace name-based) V6 // Version 6 (k-sortable timestamp and random data) [peabody draft] V7 // Version 7 (k-sortable timestamp, with configurable precision, and random data) [peabody draft] )
UUID versions.
const ( VariantNCS byte = iota VariantRFC4122 VariantMicrosoft VariantFuture )
UUID layout variants.
const ( DomainPerson = iota DomainGroup DomainOrg )
UUID DCE domains.
const Size = 16
Size of a UUID in bytes.
Variables ¶
var ( NamespaceDNS = Must(FromString("6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")) NamespaceURL = Must(FromString("6ba7b811-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")) NamespaceOID = Must(FromString("6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")) NamespaceX500 = Must(FromString("6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")) )
Predefined namespace UUIDs.
var Nil = UUID{}
Nil is the nil UUID, as specified in RFC-4122, that has all 128 bits set to zero.
Functions ¶
This section is empty.
Types ¶
type Gen ¶
type Gen struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Gen is a reference UUID generator based on the specifications laid out in RFC-4122 and DCE 1.1: Authentication and Security Services. This type satisfies the Generator interface as defined in this package.
For consumers who are generating V1 UUIDs, but don't want to expose the MAC address of the node generating the UUIDs, the NewGenWithHWAF() function has been provided as a convenience. See the function's documentation for more info.
The authors of this package do not feel that the majority of users will need to obfuscate their MAC address, and so we recommend using NewGen() to create a new generator.
func NewGen ¶
func NewGen() *Gen
NewGen returns a new instance of Gen with some default values set. Most people should use this.
func NewGenWithHWAF ¶
func NewGenWithHWAF(hwaf HWAddrFunc) *Gen
NewGenWithHWAF builds a new UUID generator with the HWAddrFunc provided. Most consumers should use NewGen() instead.
This is used so that consumers can generate their own MAC addresses, for use in the generated UUIDs, if there is some concern about exposing the physical address of the machine generating the UUID.
The Gen generator will only invoke the HWAddrFunc once, and cache that MAC address for all the future UUIDs generated by it. If you'd like to switch the MAC address being used, you'll need to create a new generator using this function.
func (*Gen) NewV6 ¶
NewV6 returns a k-sortable UUID based on a timestamp and 48 bits of pseudorandom data. The timestamp in a V6 UUID is the same as V1, with the bit order being adjusted to allow the UUID to be k-sortable.
This is implemented based on revision 02 of the Peabody UUID draft, and may be subject to change pending further revisions. Until the final specification revision is finished, changes required to implement updates to the spec will not be considered a breaking change. They will happen as a minor version releases until the spec is final.
func (*Gen) NewV7 ¶
NewV7 returns a k-sortable UUID based on the current UNIX epoch, with the ability to configure the timestamp's precision from millisecond all the way to nanosecond. The additional precision is supported by reducing the amount of pseudorandom data that makes up the rest of the UUID.
If an unknown Precision argument is passed to this method it will panic. As such it's strongly encouraged to use the package-provided constants for this value.
This is implemented based on revision 02 of the Peabody UUID draft, and may be subject to change pending further revisions. Until the final specification revision is finished, changes required to implement updates to the spec will not be considered a breaking change. They will happen as a minor version releases until the spec is final.
type Generator ¶ added in v1.2.0
type Generator interface { NewV1() (UUID, error) NewV3(ns UUID, name string) UUID NewV4() (UUID, error) NewV5(ns UUID, name string) UUID NewV6() (UUID, error) NewV7(Precision) (UUID, error) }
Generator provides an interface for generating UUIDs.
type HWAddrFunc ¶
type HWAddrFunc func() (net.HardwareAddr, error)
HWAddrFunc is the function type used to provide hardware (MAC) addresses.
type NullUUID ¶ added in v1.1.0
NullUUID can be used with the standard sql package to represent a UUID value that can be NULL in the database.
func (NullUUID) MarshalJSON ¶
MarshalJSON marshals the NullUUID as null or the nested UUID
func (*NullUUID) UnmarshalJSON ¶
UnmarshalJSON unmarshals a NullUUID
type Precision ¶
type Precision byte
Precision is used to configure the V7 generator, to specify how precise the timestamp within the UUID should be.
type Timestamp ¶
type Timestamp uint64
Timestamp is the count of 100-nanosecond intervals since 00:00:00.00, 15 October 1582 within a V1 UUID. This type has no meaning for other UUID versions since they don't have an embedded timestamp.
func TimestampFromV1 ¶
TimestampFromV1 returns the Timestamp embedded within a V1 UUID. Returns an error if the UUID is any version other than 1.
func TimestampFromV6 ¶
TimestampFromV6 returns the Timestamp embedded within a V6 UUID. This function returns an error if the UUID is any version other than 6.
This is implemented based on revision 01 of the Peabody UUID draft, and may be subject to change pending further revisions. Until the final specification revision is finished, changes required to implement updates to the spec will not be considered a breaking change. They will happen as a minor version releases until the spec is final.
type UUID ¶
UUID is an array type to represent the value of a UUID, as defined in RFC-4122.
func FromBytes ¶
FromBytes returns a UUID generated from the raw byte slice input. It will return an error if the slice isn't 16 bytes long.
func FromBytesOrNil ¶
FromBytesOrNil returns a UUID generated from the raw byte slice input. Same behavior as FromBytes(), but returns uuid.Nil instead of an error.
func FromString ¶
FromString returns a UUID parsed from the input string. Input is expected in a form accepted by UnmarshalText.
func FromStringOrNil ¶
FromStringOrNil returns a UUID parsed from the input string. Same behavior as FromString(), but returns uuid.Nil instead of an error.
func Must ¶ added in v1.2.0
Must is a helper that wraps a call to a function returning (UUID, error) and panics if the error is non-nil. It is intended for use in variable initializations such as
var packageUUID = uuid.Must(uuid.FromString("123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000"))
func NewV6 ¶
NewV6 returns a k-sortable UUID based on a timestamp and 48 bits of pseudorandom data. The timestamp in a V6 UUID is the same as V1, with the bit order being adjusted to allow the UUID to be k-sortable.
This is implemented based on revision 02 of the Peabody UUID draft, and may be subject to change pending further revisions. Until the final specification revision is finished, changes required to implement updates to the spec will not be considered a breaking change. They will happen as a minor version releases until the spec is final.
func NewV7 ¶
NewV7 returns a k-sortable UUID based on the current UNIX epoch, with the ability to configure the timestamp's precision from millisecond all the way to nanosecond. The additional precision is supported by reducing the amount of pseudorandom data that makes up the rest of the UUID.
If an unknown Precision argument is passed to this method it will panic. As such it's strongly encouraged to use the package-provided constants for this value.
This is implemented based on revision 02 of the Peabody UUID draft, and may be subject to change pending further revisions. Until the final specification revision is finished, changes required to implement updates to the spec will not be considered a breaking change. They will happen as a minor version releases until the spec is final.
func (UUID) Format ¶
Format implements fmt.Formatter for UUID values.
The behavior is as follows: The 'x' and 'X' verbs output only the hex digits of the UUID, using a-f for 'x' and A-F for 'X'. The 'v', '+v', 's' and 'q' verbs return the canonical RFC-4122 string representation. The 'S' verb returns the RFC-4122 format, but with capital hex digits. The '#v' verb returns the "Go syntax" representation, which is a 16 byte array initializer. All other verbs not handled directly by the fmt package (like '%p') are unsupported and will return "%!verb(uuid.UUID=value)" as recommended by the fmt package.
func (UUID) MarshalBinary ¶
MarshalBinary implements the encoding.BinaryMarshaler interface.
func (UUID) MarshalText ¶
MarshalText implements the encoding.TextMarshaler interface. The encoding is the same as returned by the String() method.
func (*UUID) Scan ¶
Scan implements the sql.Scanner interface. A 16-byte slice will be handled by UnmarshalBinary, while a longer byte slice or a string will be handled by UnmarshalText.
func (UUID) String ¶
String returns a canonical RFC-4122 string representation of the UUID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.
func (*UUID) UnmarshalBinary ¶
UnmarshalBinary implements the encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler interface. It will return an error if the slice isn't 16 bytes long.
func (*UUID) UnmarshalText ¶
UnmarshalText implements the encoding.TextUnmarshaler interface. Following formats are supported:
"6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8", "{6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8}", "urn:uuid:6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8" "6ba7b8109dad11d180b400c04fd430c8" "{6ba7b8109dad11d180b400c04fd430c8}", "urn:uuid:6ba7b8109dad11d180b400c04fd430c8"
ABNF for supported UUID text representation follows:
URN := 'urn' UUID-NID := 'uuid' hexdig := '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' | 'e' | 'f' | 'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D' | 'E' | 'F' hexoct := hexdig hexdig 2hexoct := hexoct hexoct 4hexoct := 2hexoct 2hexoct 6hexoct := 4hexoct 2hexoct 12hexoct := 6hexoct 6hexoct hashlike := 12hexoct canonical := 4hexoct '-' 2hexoct '-' 2hexoct '-' 6hexoct plain := canonical | hashlike uuid := canonical | hashlike | braced | urn braced := '{' plain '}' | '{' hashlike '}' urn := URN ':' UUID-NID ':' plain