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Java UUID variant() Method with Example

UUID Class variant() method: Here, we are going to learn about the variant() method of UUID Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 21, 2020

UUID Class variant() method

• variant() method is available in java.util package.
• variant() method is used to get the variant number linked with this UUID.
• variant() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• variant() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting a variant number.

Syntax:

    public int variant();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is int, it gets this UUID variant number.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of int variant() method of UUID 

import java.util.*;

public class VariantOfUUID {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Instantiate UUID 
        UUID uuid = UUID.fromString("46400000-8cc0-11bd-b43e-10d46e4ef14d");

        // By using variant() method is to
        // return the variant value linked 
        // with this UUID
        int variant = uuid.variant();

        // Display variant Value
        System.out.println("uuid.variant(): " + variant);
    }
}

Output

uuid.variant(): 2