java.util.UUID.clockSequence() Method

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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