Asc generates a new identifier which orders lexigraphically in ascending order relative to all other identifiers generated by this method.

AscWithTime generates a new identifier which orders lexigraphically in ascending order relative to all other identifiers generated by this method using the same reference time.

Dsc generates a new identifier which orders lexigraphically in descending order relative to all other identifiers generated by this method.

DscWithTime generates a new identifier which orders lexigraphically in ascending order relative to all other identifiers generated by this method using the same reference time.

FromBytes converts an identifier from its binary representation.

Invert reverses the ordering of the provided identifier.

MustParse should really only ever be used in tests.

New generates a new distributed identifier, which is expected to generally sort with an even distribution relative to all other identifiers generated by this method.

Parse parses an identifier from its encoded string representation.

ResemblesIdent returns true if the input has the general format of an encoded identifier; specifically, this is the case if the input is 20 bytes long and contains only uppercase letters and digits.