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public interface IIdentifierGenerator
{
Guid SequentialGuid();
}
public class GuidCombGenerator
: IIdentifierGenerator
{
public Guid SequentialGuid()
{
return GenerateComb();
}
/// <summary>
/// Generate a new <see cref="Guid"/> using the comb algorithm.
/// </summary>
private Guid GenerateComb()
{
byte[] guidArray = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();
DateTime baseDate = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
// Get the days and milliseconds which will be used to build the byte string
TimeSpan days = new TimeSpan(now.Ticks - baseDate.Ticks);
TimeSpan msecs = now.TimeOfDay;
// Convert to a byte array
// Note that SQL Server is accurate to 1/300th of a millisecond so we divide by 3.333333
byte[] daysArray = BitConverter.GetBytes(days.Days);
byte[] msecsArray = BitConverter.GetBytes((long)(msecs.TotalMilliseconds / 3.333333));
// Reverse the bytes to match SQL Servers ordering
Array.Reverse(daysArray);
Array.Reverse(msecsArray);
// Copy the bytes into the guid
Array.Copy(daysArray, daysArray.Length - 2, guidArray, guidArray.Length - 6, 2);
Array.Copy(msecsArray, msecsArray.Length - 4, guidArray, guidArray.Length - 4, 4);
return new Guid(guidArray);
}
}
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