http://www.2ality.com/2009/01/uuids-for-gwt.html
UUIDs are useful for many purposes, one of them is generating unique URIs for semantic web applications. Alas, under GWT, java.util.UUID is server-side only, so I looked for a client-side alternative. After some googling, I've found a nice JavaScript implementation, translated it to Java and can now use it with GWT. I'm publishing it here (with the consent of the original author), in case others find it useful.
package de.hypergraphs.hyena.core.shared.data;
/*
File: Math.uuid.js
Version: 1.3
Change History:
v1.0 - first release
v1.1 - less code and 2x performance boost (by minimizing calls to Math.random())
v1.2 - Add support for generating non-standard uuids of arbitrary length
v1.3 - Fixed IE7 bug (can't use []'s to access string chars. Thanks, Brian R.)
v1.4 - Changed method to be "Math.uuid". Added support for radix argument. Use module pattern for better encapsulation.
Latest version:
http://www.broofa.com/Tools/Math.uuid.js
Information:
http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=151
Contact:
robert@broofa.com
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*/
public class UUID {
private static final char[] CHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".toCharArray();
/**
* Generate a random uuid of the specified length. Example: uuid(15) returns
* "VcydxgltxrVZSTV"
*
* @param len
* the desired number of characters
*/
public static String uuid(int len) {
return uuid(len, CHARS.length);
}
/**
* Generate a random uuid of the specified length, and radix. Examples:
* <ul>
* <li>uuid(8, 2) returns "01001010" (8 character ID, base=2)
* <li>uuid(8, 10) returns "47473046" (8 character ID, base=10)
* <li>uuid(8, 16) returns "098F4D35" (8 character ID, base=16)
* </ul>
*
* @param len
* the desired number of characters
* @param radix
* the number of allowable values for each character (must be <=
* 62)
*/
public static String uuid(int len, int radix) {
if (radix > CHARS.length) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
char[] uuid = new char[len];
// Compact form
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
uuid[i] = CHARS[(int)(Math.random()*radix)];
}
return new String(uuid);
}
/**
* Generate a RFC4122, version 4 ID. Example:
* "92329D39-6F5C-4520-ABFC-AAB64544E172"
*/
public static String uuid() {
char[] uuid = new char[36];
int r;
// rfc4122 requires these characters
uuid[8] = uuid[13] = uuid[18] = uuid[23] = '-';
uuid[14] = '4';
// Fill in random data. At i==19 set the high bits of clock sequence as
// per rfc4122, sec. 4.1.5
for (int i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
if (uuid[i] == 0) {
r = (int) (Math.random()*16);
uuid[i] = CHARS[(i == 19) ? (r & 0x3) | 0x8 : r & 0xf];
}
}
return new String(uuid);
}
}
