UniqueId Class

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Represents a unique identifier optimized for GUIDs.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Xml.UniqueId

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class UniqueId

public class UniqueId

The UniqueId type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	UniqueId()	Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class with a new, unique GUID.
	UniqueId(array<Byte[])	Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a byte array that represents a Guid.
	UniqueId(Guid)	Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a Guid.
	UniqueId(String)	Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a string.
	UniqueId(array<Byte[], Int32)	Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class that starts from an offset within a byte array that represents a Guid.
	UniqueId(array<Char[], Int32, Int32)	Creates a new instance of this class starting from an offset within a char using a specified number of entries.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CharArrayLength	Gets a value that indicates the length of the string representation of the UniqueId.
	IsGuid	Gets a value that indicates whether the UniqueId is a Guid.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Tests whether an object equals this UniqueId. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Creates a hash-code representation of this UniqueId. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToCharArray	Puts the UniqueId value into a char array.
	ToString	Displays the UniqueId value in string format. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
	TryGetGuid(Guid%)	Tries to get the value of the UniqueId as a Guid.
	TryGetGuid(array<Byte[], Int32)	Tries to get the value of the UniqueId as a Guid and store it in the given byte array at the specified offset.

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Operators

	Name	Description
	Equality	Overrides the equality operator to test for equality of two UniqueId objects.
	Inequality	Overrides the equality operator to test for inequality of two UniqueIds.

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Remarks

This class can hold any string value, but is optimized for working with Guids.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Xml Namespace