[OSGeo-Discuss] How does GeoNetwork generate UUIDs?

[heikki]

hi John,

please use the GeoNetwork Users list for questions on GeoNetwork :
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geonetwork-users.

When creating a new metadata in GeoNetwork a UUID is automatically created
for it; when importing a metadata you can choose whether it does nothing
related to UUIDs (this could cause a clash if another metadata with the same
already exists, the import fails then), whether it assigns a new UUID to it,
or whether it overwrites an existing metadata with the same UUID in case it
already exists.

UUIDs are generated using
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html#randomUUID()
.


Kind regards
Heikki doeleman





On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:50 AM, John Forne <jforne at linz.govt.nz> wrote:

>  Hi there
> I've using GeoNetwork v2.4 and gather that the GeoNetwork software somehow
> automatically generates UUIDs. Can anyone explain/direct me to some
> documents that explain exactly how the UUID is assigned to a particular
> record?
>
> Thanks in anticipation,
>
> John
>
> John Forne
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