### *** This class provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***

Package com.sas.iom.orb

# Class UUIDConverter

java.lang.Object
com.sas.iom.orb.UUIDConverter

@SASScope("ALL") @BinaryCompatibilityOnly public class UUIDConverter extends Object
A utility for converting between UUIDs and Strings.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static boolean`
  `equals(UUID uuid1, UUID uuid2)`
  Compares to `UUID` objects for equality.
  `static UUID`
  `stringToUUID(String str)`
  Convert a String to a UUID.
  `static String`
  `uuidToString(UUID uuid)`
  Convert a UUID to a String.

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Method Details

  - ### uuidToString

    public static String uuidToString(UUID uuid)
    Convert a UUID to a String. The resulting String will have the format 11111111-2222-3333-4444-444444444444 where 11111111 will be a hex representation of Data1, 2222 will be a hex representation of Data2, and so on.
    Parameters:
      `uuid` - the UUID to convert
    Returns:
      a String representation of the UUID

  - ### stringToUUID

    public static UUID stringToUUID(String str)
    Convert a String to a UUID. The input String should have the format 11111111-2222-3333-4444-444444444444 where 11111111 is a hex representation of Data1, 2222 is a hex representation of Data2, and so on.
    Parameters:
      `str` - the String to convert
    Returns:
      the UUID represented by the String

  - ### equals

    public static boolean equals(UUID uuid1, UUID uuid2)
    Compares to `UUID` objects for equality. Two `UUID` objects are equal if all their fields are equal.
    Parameters:
      `uuid1` - `UUID` object to compare
      `uuid2` - `UUID` object to compare
    Returns:
      `true` if the two `UUID` objects are equal