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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2014 Rui Sun * * 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. *******************************************************************************/ package com.images3.data.impl; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.util.UUID; import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64; public class ShortUUID { public static String randomUUID() { return new String(Base64.encodeBase64(toByteArray(UUID.randomUUID()), false, true)).toLowerCase(); } private static byte[] toByteArray(UUID uuid) { ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[16]); bb.putLong(uuid.getMostSignificantBits()); bb.putLong(uuid.getLeastSignificantBits()); return bb.array(); } }