Re: [id] UUID (was: [lang] UUIDUtils)

2011-11-22 Thread ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
I took a quick look at id. I'm not a fan. First, despite the javadoc for VersionOneGenerator saying that a config file is not necessary my test failed without one. Other issues include: 1. It should use java.util.UUID and not invent its own UUID class. 2. It seems extremely overly complicated. T

[id] UUID (was: [lang] UUIDUtils)

2011-11-22 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Ralph, Ralph Goers wrote: > Actually, UUID implementations aren't really obsolete. The Random UUID > generated by Java can't be guaranteed to be unique, just that the > probability that it is is very high. In many circumstances it is > desirable to have a UUID where the uniqueness properties

Re: [lang] UUIDUtils

2011-11-22 Thread Ralph Goers
Actually, UUID implementations aren't really obsolete. The Random UUID generated by Java can't be guaranteed to be unique, just that the probability that it is is very high. In many circumstances it is desirable to have a UUID where the uniqueness properties are known - such as a type 1 UUID. F

Re: [lang] UUIDUtils

2011-11-22 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Gary, Gary Gregory wrote: > Hi, > > What about http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/id/ ? This is something different. That component provides a UUID implementation (somewhat obsolete now since Java 5) and the concept of id generators. > If IDs are important, this project should be in play on

[lang] UUIDUtils

2011-11-22 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi fellows, any objection to add UUIDUtils to lang (LANG-778)? Cheers, Jörg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org