.. java:import:: java.security MessageDigest

.. java:import:: java.security NoSuchAlgorithmException

.. java:import:: java.util Arrays

.. java:import:: java.util UUID

UUIDTools
=========

.. java:package:: rsb.util
   :noindex:

.. java:type:: public final class UUIDTools

   UUID helper functions.

   :author: swrede

Fields
------
UUID_BYTE_REP_LENGTH
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:field:: public static final int UUID_BYTE_REP_LENGTH
   :outertype: UUIDTools

   Length of a byte array representing a UUID.

Methods
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fromByteArray
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method:: @SuppressWarnings public static UUID fromByteArray(byte[] bytes)
   :outertype: UUIDTools

   Creates an ID from a byte representation.

   :param bytes: byte representation of the id.
   :return: the generated \ :java:ref:`UUID`\  instance

getNameBasedUUID
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method:: @SuppressWarnings public static UUID getNameBasedUUID(UUID namespace, String name)
   :outertype: UUIDTools

   Generates name-based URIs according to Version 5 (SHA-1).

   :param namespace: Namespace UUID
   :param name: Actual name to be encoded in UUID
   :return: Byte buffer with V5 UUID

toByteArray
^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:method:: @SuppressWarnings public static byte[] toByteArray(UUID id)
   :outertype: UUIDTools

   Returns the bytes representing the id.

   :param id: \ :java:ref:`UUID`\  instance to serialize
   :return: byte representing the id (length 16)