Efficient method to generate UUID String in JAVA (UUID.randomUUID().toString() without the dashes)

Question

I would like an efficient utility to generate unique sequences of bytes. UUID is a good candidate but UUID.randomUUID().toString() generates stuff like 44e128a5-ac7a-4c9a-be4c-224b6bf81b20 which is good, but I would prefer dash-less string.

I'm looking for an efficient way to generate a random strings, only from alphanumeric characters (no dashes or any other special symbols).

Answer 1

This does it:

public static void main(String[] args) {     final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replace("-", "");     System.out.println("uuid = " + uuid); }