Here you can find the source of generateUUID()
public static UUID generateUUID()
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w.j a v a 2 s. com * Copyright (C) 2013 DASISH * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ import java.util.UUID; import java.util.Random; public class Main { final static String hexa = "ABCDEabcde"; final static int hexan = hexa.length(); public static UUID generateUUID() { UUID result = UUID.randomUUID(); char[] chars = result.toString().toCharArray(); if (chars[0] >= 'a' && chars[0] <= 'z') { return result; } else { Random r = new Random(); chars[0] = hexa.charAt(r.nextInt(hexan)); result = UUID.fromString(new String(chars)); return result; } } }