DistributedUIDGenerator Constructor

Description

Creates a generator that measures timestamps from the current time.

The current UTC time becomes the DistributedUIDGenerator.CustomEpoch. Use the DistributedUIDGenerator.DistributedUIDGenerator overload to pin the epoch to a fixed point instead.

<para>Assign a default generator to a collection's shared data.</para>

using Unity.Localization;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Unity.Localization.Samples
{
    public class DistributedUIDGeneratorConstructorExample
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            var sharedData = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<SharedTableData>();
            sharedData.KeyGenerator = new DistributedUIDGenerator();

            SharedTableData.SharedTableEntry entry = sharedData.AddKey("GREETING");

            Debug.Log(entry.Id != 0);   // True
        }
    }
}

Parameters

Description

Creates a generator that measures timestamps from a specific epoch.

Because the timestamp portion of each id counts from customEpoch, a later epoch keeps ids smaller for longer before the 41-bit timestamp range is exhausted.

<para>Create a generator pinned to a fixed epoch.</para>

using System;
using Unity.Localization;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Unity.Localization.Samples
{
    public class DistributedUIDGeneratorCustomEpochExample
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            var epoch = new DateTimeOffset(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero).ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();
            var generator = new DistributedUIDGenerator(epoch);

            Debug.Log(generator.CustomEpoch == epoch);   // True
        }
    }
}