# 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.