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uuid

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Versions in this module

v1

v1.2.1

Oct 28, 2018

v1.2.0

Jan 3, 2018

Changes in this version

+ const Size

+ const V1

+ const V2

+ const V3

+ const V4

+ const V5

+ type Generator interface

+ NewV1 func() UUID

+ NewV2 func(domain byte) UUID

+ NewV3 func(ns UUID, name string) UUID

+ NewV4 func() UUID

+ NewV5 func(ns UUID, name string) UUID

type UUID

+ func Must(u UUID, err error) UUID

v1.1.0

Jun 7, 2016

Changes in this version

+ type NullUUID struct

+ UUID UUID

+ Valid bool

+ func (u *NullUUID) Scan(src interface{}) error

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

v1.0.0

Mar 24, 2016

Changes in this version

+ const DomainGroup

+ const DomainOrg

+ const DomainPerson

+ const VariantFuture

+ const VariantMicrosoft

+ const VariantNCS

+ const VariantRFC4122

+ var NamespaceDNS = FromString("6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")

+ var NamespaceOID = FromString("6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")

+ var NamespaceURL = FromString("6ba7b811-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")

+ var NamespaceX500 = FromString("6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")

+ var Nil = UUID

+ func Equal(u1 UUID, u2 UUID) bool

+ type UUID [16]byte

+ func And(u1 UUID, u2 UUID) UUID

+ func FromBytes(input []byte) (u UUID, err error)

+ func FromBytesOrNil(input []byte) UUID

+ func FromString(input string) (u UUID, err error)

+ func FromStringOrNil(input string) UUID

+ func NewV1() UUID

+ func NewV2(domain byte) UUID

+ func NewV3(ns UUID, name string) UUID

+ func NewV4() UUID

+ func NewV5(ns UUID, name string) UUID

+ func Or(u1 UUID, u2 UUID) UUID

+ func (u *UUID) Scan(src interface{}) error

+ func (u *UUID) SetVariant()

+ func (u *UUID) SetVersion(v byte)

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

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

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

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

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

+ func (u UUID) String() string

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

+ func (u UUID) Variant() uint

+ func (u UUID) Version() uint