创建UUID。

String uniqueID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

在java中有三种生成唯一id的方法。

1) UUID类提供了一种生成唯一id的简单方法。

 UUID id = UUID.randomUUID();
 System.out.println(id);

2) securerrandom和MessageDigest

//initialization of the application
 SecureRandom prng = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG");

//generate a random number
 String randomNum = new Integer(prng.nextInt()).toString();

//get its digest
 MessageDigest sha = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
 byte[] result =  sha.digest(randomNum.getBytes());

System.out.println("Random number: " + randomNum);
System.out.println("Message digest: " + new String(result));

3)使用java.rmi.server.UID

UID userId = new UID();
System.out.println("userId: " + userId);

java.util.UUID: toString()

这为UUID生成增加了更多的随机性，但确保每个生成的id都具有相同的长度

import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
import java.util.UUID;

public String createSalt() {
    String ts = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
    String rand = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
    return DigestUtils.sha1Hex(ts + rand);
}

具有计数信息的唯一ID

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

public class RandomIdUtils {

    private static AtomicLong atomicCounter = new AtomicLong();

    public static String createId() {

        String currentCounter = String.valueOf(atomicCounter.getAndIncrement());
        String uniqueId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

        return uniqueId + "-" + currentCounter;
    }
}

恕我直言，aperkins提供了一个优雅的解决方案，因为它是原生的，使用的代码更少。 但是如果你需要一个更短的ID，你可以使用这个方法来减少生成的字符串长度:

// usage: GenerateShortUUID.next();
import java.util.UUID;

public class GenerateShortUUID() {

  private GenerateShortUUID() { } // singleton

  public static String next() {
     UUID u = UUID.randomUUID();
     return toIDString(u.getMostSignificantBits()) + toIDString(u.getLeastSignificantBits());
  }

  private static String toIDString(long i) {
      char[] buf = new char[32];
      int z = 64; // 1 << 6;
      int cp = 32;
      long b = z - 1;
      do {
          buf[--cp] = DIGITS66[(int)(i & b)];
          i >>>= 6;
      } while (i != 0);
      return new String(buf, cp, (32-cp));
  }

 // array de 64+2 digitos 
 private final static char[] DIGITS66 = {
    '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9',        'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z',
    'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z',
    '-','.','_','~'
  };

}