Here you can find the source of generateRandomUUID()
public static String generateRandomUUID()
//package com.java2s; /*// ww w. jav a 2 s .co m * Copyright 2007-2016 the original author or authors. * * 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. */ public class Main { private final static String __chars64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789^~abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; public static String generateRandomUUID() { long id1 = System.currentTimeMillis() & 0x3FFFFFFFL; long id3 = randomLong(-0x80000000L, 0x80000000L) & 0x3FFFFFFFL; return __convert(id1, 6, __chars64) + __convert(id3, 6, __chars64).replaceAll(" ", "o"); } /** * Generates pseudo-random long from specific range. Generated number is * great or equals to min parameter value and less then max parameter value. * * @param min lower (inclusive) boundary * @param max higher (exclusive) boundary * @return pseudo-random value */ public static long randomLong(long min, long max) { return min + (long) (Math.random() * (max - min)); } /** * Converts number to string * * @param x value to convert * @param n conversion base * @param d string with characters for conversion. * @return converted number as string */ private static String __convert(long x, int n, String d) { if (x == 0) { return "0"; } String r = ""; int m = 1 << n; m--; while (x != 0) { r = d.charAt((int) (x & m)) + r; x = x >>> n; } return r; } }