UUID class methods in Java

java.util.UUID

A class that represents an immutable universally unique identifier (UUID). A UUID represents a 128-bit value. There exist different variants of these global identifiers. The methods of this class are for manipulating the Leach-Salz variant.

Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Comparable<UUID>

Declaration

public final class UUID
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<UUID>

Some more methods of UUID class

clockSequence(): This method returns the clock sequence value associated with this UUID.

compareTo(UUID): This method compares this UUID with the specified UUID.

equals(Object): This method compares this object to the specified object.

UUID.fromString(String): This method creates a UUID from the string standard representation as described in the toString method.

getLeastSignificantBits(): This method returns the least significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128-bit value.

getMostSignificantBits(): This method returns the most significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128-bit value.

hashCode(): This method returns a hash code for this UUID.

UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(byte[]): Static factory to retrieve a type 3 UUID based on the specified byte array.

node(): The node value associated with this UUID.

UUID.randomUUID(): Static factory to retrieve a type 4 UUID.

timestamp(): This method returns the timestamp value associated with this UUID.

toString(): This method returns a String object representing this UUID.

variant(): This method returns the variant number associated with this UUID.

version(): This method returns the version number associated with this UUID.