Uses of Class java.util.UUID (Java SE 14 & JDK 14)

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.