## Uses of Class
java.util.UUID

- Packages that use UUID
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.util | Contains the collections framework, some internationalization support classes, a service loader, properties, random number generation, string parsing and scanning classes, base64 encoding and decoding, a bit array, and several miscellaneous utility classes.

- - ### Uses of UUID in java.util

    Methods in java.util that return UUID
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static UUID` | UUID.`fromString​(String name)` | Creates a `UUID` from the string standard representation as described in the `toString()` method.
    `static UUID` | UUID.`nameUUIDFromBytes​(byte[] name)` | Static factory to retrieve a type 3 (name based) `UUID` based on the specified byte array.
    `static UUID` | UUID.`randomUUID()` | Static factory to retrieve a type 4 (pseudo randomly generated) UUID.

    Methods in java.util with parameters of type UUID
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `int` | UUID.`compareTo​(UUID val)` | Compares this UUID with the specified UUID.