UUIDv4 in java

Implementation

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Main {
    public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
	var file = new FileInputStream("/dev/random");

	var buf = new byte[16];
	var n = file.read(buf);
	if (n != buf.length) {
	    System.out.println("Could not read 16 bytes.");
	    return;
	}

	// Set bit 6 to 0
	buf[8] &= ~(1 << 6);
	// Set bit 7 to 1
	buf[8] |= 1 << 7;

	// Set version
	buf[6] &= ~(1 << 4);
	buf[6] &= ~(1 << 5);
	buf[6] |= 1 << 6;
	buf[6] &= ~(1 << 7);

	System.out.format("%02x%02x%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
	       buf[0],
	       buf[1],
	       buf[2],
	       buf[3],
	       // -
	       buf[4],
	       buf[5],
	       // - 
	       buf[6],
	       buf[7],
	       // -
	       buf[8],
	       buf[9],
	       // -
	       buf[10],
	       buf[11],
	       buf[12],
	       buf[13],
	       buf[14],
	       buf[15]);
    }
}

Build and run

These steps are linux only.

$ javac Main.java

$ java Main

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