/**
* Creates a <tt>UUID</tt> from the string standard representation as described in the {@link
* #toString} method.
*
* @param name a string that specifies a <tt>UUID</tt>.
* @return a <tt>UUID</tt> with the specified value.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if name does not conform to the string representation as
* described in {@link #toString}.
*/
public static UUID fromString(String name) {
String[] components = name.split("-");
if (components.length != 5) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid UUID string: " + name);
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) components[i] = "0x" + components[i];
long mostSigBits = Long.decode(components[0]).longValue();
mostSigBits <<= 16;
mostSigBits |= Long.decode(components[1]).longValue();
mostSigBits <<= 16;
mostSigBits |= Long.decode(components[2]).longValue();
long leastSigBits = Long.decode(components[3]).longValue();
leastSigBits <<= 48;
leastSigBits |= Long.decode(components[4]).longValue();
return new UUID(mostSigBits, leastSigBits);
}
