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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
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone UniqueId() Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class with a new, unique GUID.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone UniqueId(array<Byte[]) Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a byte array that represents a Guid.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone UniqueId(Guid) Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a Guid.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone UniqueId(String) Creates a new instance of the UniqueId class using a string.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CharArrayLength Gets a value that indicates the length of the string representation of the UniqueId.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone IsGuid Gets a value that indicates whether the UniqueId is a Guid.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals Tests whether an object equals this UniqueId. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Creates a hash-code representation of this UniqueId. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToCharArray Puts the UniqueId value into a char array.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Displays the UniqueId value in string format. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone TryGetGuid(Guid%) Tries to get the value of the UniqueId as a Guid.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equality Overrides the equality operator to test for equality of two UniqueId objects.
Public operatorStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone 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.

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