Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012 Kulikov Dmitriy * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.UUID; public class Main { public static UUID parseUUID(String uuidValue) { try { return UUID.fromString(uuidValue); } catch (IllegalArgumentException x) { StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(36); buf.append(uuidValue); while (buf.length() < 32) { buf.insert(0, '0'); } buf.insert(8, '-'); buf.insert(13, '-'); buf.insert(18, '-'); buf.insert(23, '-'); return UUID.fromString(buf.toString()); } } }