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uuid

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.6.0

Sep 22, 2026

Changes in this version

type UUID

+ func (u UUID) Compare(v UUID) int

v0.5.0

Sep 20, 2026

Changes in this version

type UUID

+ func NewV7At(t time.Time) UUID

v0.4.0

Sep 10, 2026

v0.3.0

Sep 10, 2026

Changes in this version

type UUID

+ func NewV7Batch(n int) []UUID

v0.2.0

Mar 14, 2026

v0.1.1

Feb 15, 2026

v0.1.0

Feb 15, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var Max = UUID

+ var NamespaceDNS = UUID

+ var NamespaceOID = UUID

+ var NamespaceURL = UUID

+ var NamespaceX500 = UUID

+ func Compare(a, b UUID) int

+ type Generator struct

+ func NewGenerator() *Generator

+ func (g *Generator) NewV7() UUID

+ func (g *Generator) NewV7Batch(n int) []UUID

+ type LengthError struct

+ Got int

+ Want string

+ func (e *LengthError) Error() string

+ type ParseError struct

+ Input string

+ Msg string

+ func (e *ParseError) Error() string

+ type Pool struct

+ func NewPool() *Pool

+ func (p *Pool) NewV4() UUID

+ func (p *Pool) NewV7() UUID

+ type UUID [16]byte

+ var Nil UUID

+ func FromBytes(b []byte) (UUID, error)

+ func MustParse(s string) UUID

+ func NewV3(namespace UUID, name string) UUID

+ func NewV4() UUID

+ func NewV4Batch(n int) []UUID

+ func NewV5(namespace UUID, name string) UUID

+ func NewV7() UUID

+ func NewV8(data [16]byte) UUID

+ func Parse(s string) (UUID, error)

+ func ParseLenient(s string) (UUID, error)

+ func (u *UUID) Scan(src any) error

+ func (u *UUID) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error

+ func (u *UUID) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error

+ func (u UUID) AppendBinary(b []byte) ([]byte, error)

+ func (u UUID) AppendText(b []byte) ([]byte, error)

+ func (u UUID) Bytes() []byte

+ func (u UUID) IsNil() bool

+ func (u UUID) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error)

+ func (u UUID) MarshalText() ([]byte, error)

+ func (u UUID) String() string

+ func (u UUID) Time() time.Time

+ func (u UUID) URN() string

+ func (u UUID) Value() (driver.Value, error)

+ func (u UUID) Variant() Variant

+ func (u UUID) Version() Version

+ type Variant uint8

+ const VariantFuture

+ const VariantMicrosoft

+ const VariantNCS

+ const VariantRFC9562

+ func (v Variant) String() string

+ type Version uint8

+ const V3

+ const V4

+ const V5

+ const V7

+ const V8

+ const VMax

+ const VNil

+ func (v Version) String() string