Java UUID.compareTo(UUID val)

Syntax

UUID.compareTo(UUID val) has the following syntax.

public int compareTo(UUID val)

Example

In the following code shows how to use UUID.compareTo(UUID val) method.


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import java.util.UUID;

public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      // creating UUIDs      
      UUID u1 = UUID.randomUUID();
      UUID u2 = UUID.randomUUID();
        
      // comparing uuids
      System.out.println("Comparing two UUIDs: "+u1.compareTo(u2));    
   }    
}

The code above generates the following result.