how good is java's UUID.randomUUID?

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Published on 2010-03-25T06:51:57Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 6:53 UTC
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I know randomized UUID have very very very low probability for collision in theory, but I am wondering, in practice, how good is java 5's randonUUID in terms of not having collision? Does anybody have any experience to share?

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