Class UUID
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable
There exist different variants of these global identifiers. The methods of this class are for manipulating the Leach-Salz variant, although the constructors allow the creation of any variant of UUID (described below).
The layout of a variant 2 (Leach-Salz) UUID is as follows: The most significant long consists of the following unsigned fields:
0xFFFFFFFF00000000 time_low 0x00000000FFFF0000 time_mid 0x000000000000F000 version 0x0000000000000FFF time_hiThe least significant long consists of the following unsigned fields:
0xC000000000000000 variant 0x3FFF000000000000 clock_seq 0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFF node
The variant field contains a value which identifies the layout of the UUID. The bit layout described above is valid only for a UUID with a variant value of 2, which indicates the Leach-Salz variant.
The version field holds a value that describes the type of this UUID. There are four different basic types of UUIDs: time-based, DCE security, name-based, and randomly generated UUIDs. These types have a version value of 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively.
For more information including algorithms used to create UUIDs, see the Internet-Draft UUIDs and GUIDs or the standards body definition at ISO/IEC 11578:1996.
- Since:
- 1.5
- Version:
- 1.14, 07/12/04
- See Also:
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionUUID
(long mostSigBits, long leastSigBits) Constructs a new UUID using the specified data. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionint
The clock sequence value associated with this UUID.int
Compares this UUID with the specified UUID.boolean
Compares this object to the specified object.static UUID
fromString
(String name) Creates a UUID from the string standard representation as described in thetoString()
method.long
Returns the least significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.long
Returns the most significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.int
hashCode()
Returns a hash code for thisUUID
.static UUID
nameUUIDFromBytes
(byte[] name) Static factory to retrieve a type 3 (name based) UUID based on the specified byte array.long
node()
The node value associated with this UUID.static UUID
Static factory to retrieve a type 4 (pseudo randomly generated) UUID.long
The timestamp value associated with this UUID.toString()
Returns aString
object representing thisUUID
.int
variant()
The variant number associated with this UUID.int
version()
The version number associated with this UUID.
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Constructor Details
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UUID
public UUID(long mostSigBits, long leastSigBits) Constructs a new UUID using the specified data. mostSigBits is used for the most significant 64 bits of the UUID and leastSigBits becomes the least significant 64 bits of the UUID.- Parameters:
mostSigBits
-leastSigBits
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Method Details
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randomUUID
Static factory to retrieve a type 4 (pseudo randomly generated) UUID. TheUUID
is generated using a cryptographically strong pseudo random number generator.- Returns:
- a randomly generated UUID.
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nameUUIDFromBytes
Static factory to retrieve a type 3 (name based) UUID based on the specified byte array.- Parameters:
name
- a byte array to be used to construct a UUID.- Returns:
- a UUID generated from the specified array.
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fromString
Creates a UUID from the string standard representation as described in thetoString()
method.- Parameters:
name
- a string that specifies a UUID.- Returns:
- a UUID with the specified value.
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if name does not conform to the string representation as described intoString()
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getLeastSignificantBits
public long getLeastSignificantBits()Returns the least significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.- Returns:
- the least significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.
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getMostSignificantBits
public long getMostSignificantBits()Returns the most significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.- Returns:
- the most significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value.
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version
public int version()The version number associated with this UUID. The version number describes how this UUID was generated. The version number has the following meaning:- 1 Time-based UUID
- 2 DCE security UUID
- 3 Name-based UUID
- 4 Randomly generated UUID
- Returns:
- the version number of this UUID.
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variant
public int variant()The variant number associated with this UUID. The variant number describes the layout of the UUID. The variant number has the following meaning:- 0 Reserved for NCS backward compatibility
- 2 The Leach-Salz variant (used by this class)
- 6 Reserved, Microsoft Corporation backward compatibility
- 7 Reserved for future definition
- Returns:
- the variant number of this UUID.
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timestamp
public long timestamp()The timestamp value associated with this UUID.The 60 bit timestamp value is constructed from the time_low, time_mid, and time_hi fields of this UUID. The resulting timestamp is measured in 100-nanosecond units since midnight, October 15, 1582 UTC.
The timestamp value is only meaningful in a time-based UUID, which has version type 1. If this UUID is not a time-based UUID then this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.
- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if this UUID is not a version 1 UUID.
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clockSequence
public int clockSequence()The clock sequence value associated with this UUID.The 14 bit clock sequence value is constructed from the clock sequence field of this UUID. The clock sequence field is used to guarantee temporal uniqueness in a time-based UUID.
The clockSequence value is only meaningful in a time-based UUID, which has version type 1. If this UUID is not a time-based UUID then this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.
- Returns:
- the clock sequence of this UUID.
- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if this UUID is not a version 1 UUID.
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node
public long node()The node value associated with this UUID.The 48 bit node value is constructed from the node field of this UUID. This field is intended to hold the IEEE 802 address of the machine that generated this UUID to guarantee spatial uniqueness.
The node value is only meaningful in a time-based UUID, which has version type 1. If this UUID is not a time-based UUID then this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.
- Returns:
- the node value of this UUID.
- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if this UUID is not a version 1 UUID.
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toString
Returns aString
object representing thisUUID
.The UUID string representation is as described by this BNF :
UUID =
"-" "-" "-" "-" time_low = 4* time_mid = 2* time_high_and_version = 2* variant_and_sequence = 2* node = 6* hexOctet = hexDigit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9" | "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f" | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" -
hashCode
public int hashCode()Returns a hash code for thisUUID
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equals
Compares this object to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null, is a UUID object, has the same variant, and contains the same value, bit for bit, as this UUID. -
compareTo
Compares this UUID with the specified UUID.The first of two UUIDs follows the second if the most significant field in which the UUIDs differ is greater for the first UUID.
- Specified by:
compareTo
in interfaceComparable
- Parameters:
val
- UUID to which this UUID is to be compared.- Returns:
- -1, 0 or 1 as this UUID is less than, equal to, or greater than val.
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