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System Class for UUIDs

The methods of the class CL_SYSTEM_UUID create UUIDs in different formats, such as 16-character byte-likeUUIDs, 22-character character-like UUIDs with uppercase and lowercase letters, and 32-character character-like UUIDs in hexadecimal. They also make it possible to convert the UUIDs from one type to another.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Example

Creating a 32-character UUID.

DATA: system_uuid TYPE REF TO if_system_uuid, 
      uuid TYPE sysuuid_c32. 

system_uuid = cl_uuid_factory=>create_system_uuid( ). 

TRY. 
    uuid = system_uuid->create_uuid_c32( ). 
  CATCH cx_uuid_error. 
    ... 
ENDTRY.