Security Note
To create cryptographically secure Guid values use a derived type of Random,
such as SecureRandom, which can be considered as secure, or just call Guid.NewGuid instead.
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Random
Definition
Namespace: KGySoft.CoreLibraries
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 9.0.0
An RFC 4122 compliant Guid value.
Assembly: KGySoft.CoreLibraries (in KGySoft.CoreLibraries.dll) Version: 9.0.0
C#
public static Guid NextGuid(
this Random random
)VB
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function NextGuid (
random As Random
) As GuidC++
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static Guid NextGuid(
Random^ random
)F#
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member NextGuid :
random : Random -> Guid Parameters
- random Random
- The Random instance to use. Note that if it is a non-derived System.Random instance, then the result cannot be considered as a cryptographically secure identifier.
Return Value
GuidAn RFC 4122 compliant Guid value.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Random. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).Remarks
Exceptions
| ArgumentNullException | random is . |