GuidRecycler 1.0.3

GuidRecycler

Save the planet, recycle your guids!

What is it?

GuidRecycler is a library that allows you to recycle guids. It is a simple concept.

Installation

GuidRecycler is available as a NuGet package.

Install-Package GuidRecycler

Usage:

Guid recyclers implement the common interface:

void Recycle(Guid guid);

To recycle a guid.

Guid GetGuid();

To retrieve a recycled (or new) guid.

Strategies

There are curently two strategies implemented:

• ConcurrentGuidRecycler
  A robust thread-safe concurrent guid recycler.
• GuidRecyclerSlim
  A non-thread-safe guid recycler that is faster than the concurrent guid recycler.

Performance

See the benchmarks in the benchmarks folder. It clearly shows that the both the concurrent guid recycler and the guid recycler slim are faster than the default guid generator. | Method | Mean | Error | StdDev | Median | Ratio | RatioSD | Allocated | Alloc Ratio | |----------------------- |---------:|----------:|----------:|---------:|------:|--------:|----------:|------------:| | Guid.NewGuid | 647.9 ns | 113.68 ns | 327.99 ns | 600.0 ns | 1.00 | 0.00 | 600 B | 1.00 | | ConcurrentGuidRecycler | 307.1 ns | 49.97 ns | 146.56 ns | 300.0 ns | 0.58 | 0.39 | 600 B | 1.00 | | GuidRecyclerSlim | 224.0 ns | 28.33 ns | 81.75 ns | 200.0 ns | 0.45 | 0.30 | 600 B | 1.00 |

Contributing

PRs welcome. Merging not guaranteed.