uuid/com.benasher44.uuid/variant

variant

expect val Uuid.variant: Int

The variant of the Uuid, determines the interpretation of the bits.

  • 0 – special case for the Nil UUID as well as reserved for NCS

  • 2 – Leach-Salz, as defined in RFC 4122 and used by this class

  • 6 – reserved for Microsoft (GUID) backwards compatibility

  • 7 – reserved for future extension

Return

The variant number of this Uuid.

See also

Samples

import kotlin.test.Test
import kotlin.test.assertEquals
import kotlin.test.assertFails
import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
import kotlin.test.assertNull
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   assertEquals(0, uuidFrom("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000").variant, "Nil or NCS")
assertEquals(2, uuidFrom("00000000-0000-0000-8000-000000000000").variant, "RFC 4122")
assertEquals(6, uuidFrom("00000000-0000-0000-c000-000000000000").variant, "Microsoft")
assertEquals(7, uuidFrom("00000000-0000-0000-e000-000000000000").variant, "Future") 
   //sampleEnd
}
actual val Uuid.variant: Int