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Nov

Creating unique identifiers for objects using the getUID() method

By Peter deHaan 3 Comments

Categories: UIDUtil Tags: getUID(), ObjectUtil, UIDUtil.

The following example shows how you can use the static UIDUtil.getUID() method to generate and retreive a unique identifier for an Object. The first time you click the Display UID button, an Alert control displays the generated UID and a string representation of the Object (yay ObjectUtil.toString()!). The second time you click the Display UID button, you’ll notice that a new parameter is added to the Object, mx_internal_uid.

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Nov

Creating unique identifiers with Flex

By Peter deHaan 1 Comment

Categories: UIDUtil Tags: createUID(), UIDUtil.

The following example shows you how you can create a unique indentifier (UID) with Flex using the UIDUtil class in the mx.utils package. By calling the static UIDUtil.createUID() method, you can easily create a hexadecimal string in the following format: “XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX”.

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