org.apache.axis.components.uuid

Class SimpleUUIDGen

public class SimpleUUIDGen extends Object implements UUIDGen

Used to create new universally unique identifiers or UUID's (sometimes called GUID's). UDDI UUID's are allways formmated according to DCE UUID conventions.

Since: JDK1.2.2

Version: 0.3.2 3/25/2001

Author: Maarten Coene Steve Viens

Method Summary
StringnextUUID()
Creates a new UUID.

Method Detail

nextUUID

public String nextUUID()
Creates a new UUID. The algorithm used is described by The Open Group. See Universal Unique Identifier for more details.

Due to a lack of functionality in Java, a part of the UUID is a secure random. This results in a long processing time when this method is called for the first time.

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