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Bug 252208 - Generate UUID, with the canonical hex string representation pasted into code editor at caret.
Summary: Generate UUID, with the canonical hex string representation pasted into code ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Editor (show other bugs)
Version: 8.0.2
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Dusan Balek
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Reported: 2015-05-03 03:00 UTC by basil.bourque
Modified: 2015-05-04 11:48 UTC (History)
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Description basil.bourque 2015-05-03 03:00:28 UTC 
Pasting a UUID’s hex string representation into a logging message (or error message) is a handy way to easily find a reported problem’s location within my codebase. 

Currently I generate a UUID in another tool or website such as:
https://www.uuidgenerator.net/
Then I copy-paste that string value into my code.

It would more convenient if NetBeans could generate the UUID, get it’s hex string representation, and paste it into the current code editor at the caret (insertion point).

There is one old NetBeans plugin for generating and pasting a UUID, but is now obsolete and unsupported.

By the way, according to the UUID spec, the hex string representation must be use lowercase hex letters. Many implementations violate that rule.