er.extensions.foundation

Class UUIDUtilities

java.lang.Object

er.extensions.foundation.UUIDUtilities

public class UUIDUtilities
extends Object

Helper functions for UUID

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	typeByteOffset
static int	variationByteOffset

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UUIDUtilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	decodeStringAsByteArray(String uuid) Decode a string representing a UUID in hex.
static com.webobjects.foundation.NSData	decodeStringAsNSData(String uuid) Decode a string representing a UUID in hex.
static String	encodeAsPrettyString(byte[] uuid) Encode a UUID in a String using the usual format 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC
static String	encodeAsPrettyString(com.webobjects.foundation.NSData uuid) Encode a UUID in a String using the usual format 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC
static String	encodeAsString(byte[] uuid) Encode a UUID in a String in hex
static String	encodeAsString(com.webobjects.foundation.NSData uuid) Encode a UUID in a String in hex
static com.webobjects.foundation.NSData	generateAsNSData() Generate a type 4 UUID from a secure random source like the java UUID class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

typeByteOffset

public static final int typeByteOffset

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Constant Field Values

variationByteOffset

public static final int variationByteOffset

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UUIDUtilities

public UUIDUtilities()

Method Detail

generateAsNSData

public static com.webobjects.foundation.NSData generateAsNSData()

Generate a type 4 UUID from a secure random source like the java UUID class.

Returns:

a new UUID in a NSData

decodeStringAsNSData

public static com.webobjects.foundation.NSData decodeStringAsNSData(String uuid)

Decode a string representing a UUID in hex. All non hex char are filtered before the decoding, any formats are accepted.

Parameters:

uuid - the string representing a UUID

Returns:

the decoded UUID in a NSData

decodeStringAsByteArray

public static byte[] decodeStringAsByteArray(String uuid)

Decode a string representing a UUID in hex. All non hex char are filtered before the decoding, any formats are accepted.

Parameters:

uuid - the string representing a UUID

Returns:

the decoded UUID in a byte[]

encodeAsPrettyString

public static String encodeAsPrettyString(com.webobjects.foundation.NSData uuid)

Encode a UUID in a String using the usual format 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC

Parameters:

uuid - a NSData containing a UUID

Returns:

the encoded UUID

encodeAsPrettyString

public static String encodeAsPrettyString(byte[] uuid)

Encode a UUID in a String using the usual format 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC

Parameters:

uuid - a byte[] containing a UUID

Returns:

the encoded UUID

encodeAsString

public static String encodeAsString(com.webobjects.foundation.NSData uuid)

Encode a UUID in a String in hex

Parameters:

uuid - a NSData containing a UUID

Returns:

the encoded UUID

encodeAsString

public static String encodeAsString(byte[] uuid)

Encode a UUID in a String in hex

Parameters:

uuid - a byte[] containing a UUID

Returns:

the encoded UUID