[Hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HB-462) UUIDStringGenerator returns a string of length 32 not 16

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The following comment has been added to this issue:

     Author: Chris Patterson
    Created: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 9:31 AM
       Body:
**
 * <b>uuid.string</b><br>
 * <br>
 * A <tt>UUIDGenerator</tt> that returns a string of length 16,
 * This string will NOT consist of only alphanumeric
 * characters. Use this only if you don't mind unreadable
 * identifiers.<br>
 * <br>
 * This implementation is known to be incompatible with
 * Postgres.
 *
 * @see UUIDHexGenerator
 * @author Gavin King
 */

public class UUIDStringGenerator extends UUIDGenerator {

here is the doc and code from the Class

I ran the main method out of the class the results of which are in my previous comment.
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        Key: HB-462
    Summary: UUIDStringGenerator returns a string of length 32 not 16
       Type: Bug

     Status: Closed
   Priority: Minor
 Resolution: REJECTED

    Project: Hibernate2
   Versions:
             2.0rc2

   Assignee: 
   Reporter: Chris Patterson

    Created: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 9:13 AM
    Updated: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 9:20 AM
Environment: Windows XP, JDK 1.4.1, Microsoft Sql Server

Description:
The documentation for UUIDStringGenerator states that it returns a string of length 16.  In my tests I have found that it returns a string of length 32.  Not a major issue but it should be changed in the docs.


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