DistributedUIDGenerator.GetNextKey

Returns

long A distributed unique id suitable for a table key.

Description

Returns the next distributed unique id.

Combines the current timestamp, the DistributedUIDGenerator.MachineId, and a per-millisecond sequence. The sequence keeps ids unique and increasing even when the clock moves backwards or several ids are requested within the same millisecond.

<para>Generate a single id.</para>

using Unity.Localization;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Unity.Localization.Samples
{
    public class DistributedUIDGeneratorGetNextKeyExample
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            var generator = new DistributedUIDGenerator();

            long id = generator.GetNextKey();

            Debug.Log(id);   // a distributed unique id
        }
    }
}