Re: [Xdoclet-user] GUID Generator fixed length?

[Andrew S. <ste...@us...>]

On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 12:20, Mic...@ub... wrote:
> I am wondering if I can force a MAX length to the Strign generated without subString()ing it myself?

If you truncate it you risk getting duplicates generated.  See
http://www.theserverside.com/patterns/thread.jsp?thread_id=4976&article_count=43 for a more detailed discussion of the algorithm used to generate it and some of its pros & cons.


Andrew.