uuid_type 1.0.0-beta

UUID type, parser and generators. Can generate v1, v4, and v5 UUIDs

UUID type for Dart 2

This package provides implementation of Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) for Dart, and supports generation, parsing and formatting of UUIDs.

Features:

• ✅ Creates UUID from string and byte-array, as well as GUID and URN strings
• ✅ Provides access to variant, version and byte data of UUID
• ✅ Generates RFC4122 time-based v1, random-based v4, and name & namespace based v5 UUIDs
• ✅ Implements Comparable for UUID comparison and lexicographical sorting
• ✅ Runs on Dart VM and in browser

RFC 4122 Version support:

• ✅ v1, based on timestamp and MAC address (RFC 4122)
• ❌ v2, based on timestamp, MAC address and POSIX UID/GID (DCE 1.1) Not planned
• ❌ v3, based on MD5 hashing (RFC 4122) Not planned
• ✅ v4, based on random numbers (RFC 4122)
• ✅ v5, based on SHA-1 hashing (RFC 4122)

Requirements

• Dart 2 (tested with >=2.0.0). Should also work with Dart 1.24, but not tested.
• crypto package to generate name based UUIDs

Getting Started

Installation

1. Add an entry in your pubspec.yaml for uuid_type

dependencies:
  uuid_type: ^1.0.0

2. Run pub get (flutter packages get for Flutter)
3. Import

import 'package:uuid_type/uuid_type.dart';