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Java UUID version() Method with Example

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

UUID Class version() method

• version() method is available in java.util package.
• version() method is used to get the version number linked with this UUID.
• version() 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.
• version() method does not throw an exception at the time of getting version number.

Syntax:

    public int version();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

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

Example:

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

import java.util.*;

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

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

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

Output

uuid.version(): 1