Here you can find the source of random()
public static UUID random()
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j ava 2 s.c o m * Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Pivotal Software, Inc. * * 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.Random; import java.util.UUID; public class Main { private static boolean IS_THREADLOCALRANDOM_AVAILABLE = false; private static Random random; /** * Create a new random UUID. * * @return the new UUID */ public static UUID random() { byte[] randomBytes = new byte[16]; if (IS_THREADLOCALRANDOM_AVAILABLE) { java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextBytes(randomBytes); } else { random.nextBytes(randomBytes); } long mostSigBits = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) { mostSigBits = (mostSigBits << 8) | (randomBytes[i] & 0xff); } long leastSigBits = 0; for (int i = 8; i < 16; i++) { leastSigBits = (leastSigBits << 8) | (randomBytes[i] & 0xff); } return new UUID(mostSigBits, leastSigBits); } }