DistributedUIDGenerator Constructor

Description

Creates a generator that measures timestamps from the default epoch.

The DistributedUIDGenerator.CustomEpoch is 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z, shared by every generator built this way. Use the DistributedUIDGenerator.DistributedUIDGenerator overload to measure from a different point instead.

Assign a default generator to a collection's shared data.

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.

The timestamp portion of each id counts from customEpoch instead of the default epoch, which takes the generator off the timeline the default generators share, so its ids can collide with theirs. For that reason a generator restored from a saved SharedTableData reverts to the default epoch, and an epoch set here lasts only for the life of the instance.

Create a generator pinned to a fixed epoch.

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
        }
    }
}