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Java Tutorial » Development » UUID 
6.54.9.Generator for Globally unique Strings
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import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.ServerSocket;


/**
 * Generator for Globally unique Strings.
 */
public class UuidGenerator {

    private static final String UNIQUE_STUB;
    private static int instanceCount;
    private static String hostName;
    private String seed;
    private long sequence;

    static {
        String stub = "";
        boolean canAccessSystemProps = true;
        try {
            SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
            if (sm != null) {
                sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
            }
        catch (SecurityException se) {
            canAccessSystemProps = false;
        }

        if (canAccessSystemProps) {
            try {
                hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
                ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(0);
                stub = "/" + ss.getLocalPort() "-" + System.currentTimeMillis() "/";
                Thread.sleep(100);
                ss.close();
            catch (Exception ioe) {
                System.out.println("Could not generate unique stub" + ioe);
            }
        else {
            hostName = "localhost";
            stub = "-1-" + System.currentTimeMillis() "-";
        }
        UNIQUE_STUB = generateSanitizedId(stub);
    }

    public UuidGenerator(String prefix) {
        synchronized (UNIQUE_STUB) {
            this.seed = generateSanitizedId(prefix + UNIQUE_STUB + (instanceCount++"-");
        }
    }

    public UuidGenerator() {
        this("ID-" + hostName);
    }

    /**
     * As we have to find the hostname as a side-affect of generating a unique
     * stub, we allow it's easy retrevial here
     
     @return the local host name
     */
    public static String getHostName() {
        return hostName;
    }

    /**
     * Generate a unqiue id
     */
    public synchronized String generateId() {
        return this.seed + (this.sequence++);
    }

    /**
     * Generate a unique ID - that is friendly for a URL or file system
     
     @return a unique id
     */
    public String generateSanitizedId() {
        return generateSanitizedId(generateId());
    }

    /**
     * Ensures that the id is friendly for a URL or file system
     *
     @param id the unique id
     @return the id as file friendly id
     */
    public static String generateSanitizedId(String id) {
        id = id.replace(':''-');
        id = id.replace('_''-');
        id = id.replace('.''-');
        id = id.replace('/''-');
        id = id.replace('\\''-');
        return id;
    }

}
6.54.UUID
6.54.1.Get a unique identifier Using java.rmi.dgc.VMID
6.54.2.Using java.util.UUID
6.54.3.Using java.util.concurrent.AtomicLong: A numerical id, start at zero and increment by one.
6.54.4.Create your own basic UUID
6.54.5.Random GUID
6.54.6.Session ID generator
6.54.7.Generates a UUID
6.54.8.ID generator
6.54.9.Generator for Globally unique Strings
6.54.10.Generates random UUIDs
6.54.11.UUID generator
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