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+// Copyright © 2016 Abcum Ltd
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package uuid
+
+import (
+	"github.com/satori/go.uuid"
+)
+
+// NewV1 returns a new UUID (Version 1) based on current timestamp and MAC address.
+func NewV1() uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.NewV1()
+}
+
+// NewV2 returns a new DCE Security UUID (Version 2) based on POSIX UID/GID.
+func NewV2(domain byte) uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.NewV2(domain)
+}
+
+// NewV3 returns a new UUID (Version 3) based on MD5 hash of namespace UUID and name.
+func NewV3(ns uuid.UUID, name string) uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.NewV3(ns, name)
+}
+
+// NewV4 returns a new UUID (Version 4) using 16 random bytes or panics.
+func NewV4() uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.NewV4()
+}
+
+// NewV5 returns a new UUID (Version 5) based on SHA-1 hash of namespace UUID and name.
+func NewV5(ns uuid.UUID, name string) uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.NewV5(ns, name)
+}
+
+// GetUUID parses and checks for a valid UUID string, and returns Nil if not valid.
+func GetUUID(input string) uuid.UUID {
+	return uuid.FromStringOrNil(input)
+}