uuidjs/uuid
Uuid
This project is a UUID generation library providing a standards-compliant implementation of RFC 4122. It serves as a tool for creating and validating universally unique identifiers across multiple versions to ensure global uniqueness and prevent data collisions.
The library supports several generation methods, including random-based entropy, timestamp sequencing, and namespace-based hashing. It also includes utilities for identifier validation, parsing, and converting identifiers between hexadecimal string representations and binary byte arrays.
A command line utility is included for the manual or scripted generation of unique identifiers.
Features
- Unique Identifier Generators - Provides a standards-compliant implementation for creating globally unique identifiers to prevent data collisions.
- String-to-Byte Parsings - Provides internal representation of UUIDs as byte arrays for precise manipulation before string conversion.
- Random Identifier Generators - Provides utilities for generating compliant unique identifiers using random, timestamp, or namespace-based methods.
- UUID Parsings - Converts UUID strings into 16-byte arrays for programmatic manipulation and validation.
- Hexadecimal-to-Binary Conversions - Transforms hexadecimal string representations of identifiers into binary buffers for efficient parsing.
- RFC 4122 Implementations - Provides a full technical implementation of the RFC 4122 standard for universally unique identifiers.
- Cryptographic Random Number Generators - Uses cryptographically secure random number generators to produce high-entropy unique identifiers.
- Identifier Version Detection - Detects the specific RFC version standard applied to a unique identifier string.
- Binary-to-String Transformations - Provides utilities for converting unique identifiers between binary byte arrays and textual representations.
- Identifier Sequencing - Creates unique identifiers by combining system clock values with random components to ensure global uniqueness.
- Namespace-Based Identifiers - Generates deterministic identifiers by hashing a combination of a fixed namespace and a specific input string.
- UUID Generators - Offers a comprehensive library for creating and validating UUIDs across multiple RFC 4122 versions.
- UUID Format Validators - Validates UUID string formats and identifies the specific version of the standard being used.
- UUID Command Line Tools - Ships a command line utility for producing unique identifiers in manual or scripted workflows.
- Identifier Collision Prevention - Ensures global uniqueness across multiple version standards to prevent identifier collisions across different systems.
- Identity Management - Assigns stable, unique keys to records to ensure they can be tracked across systems without collisions.
- Data Utilities and Libraries - Generator for RFC-compliant UUIDs.
- Text and String Utilities - Generates RFC-compliant UUIDs.
