java.util.UUID.clockSequence() Method

Description

The clockSequence() method is used to return the clock sequence value associated with this UUID.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.UUID.clockSequence() method.

public int clockSequence()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

The method call returns the clock sequence of this UUID.

Exception

• UnsupportedOperationException--This exception is thrown if this UUID is not a version 1 UUID.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.UUID.clockSequence()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class UUIDDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      // creating UUID      
      UUID x = UUID.fromString("38400000-8cf0-11bd-b23e-10b96e4ef00d");
        
      // getting clock sequence value
      System.out.println("Clock sequence value: "+x.clockSequence());    
   }    
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result.

Clock sequence value: 12862