.NET Framework Class Library for Silverlight
Guid.Empty Field
A read-only instance of the Guid class whose value is guaranteed to be all zeroes.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly Empty As Guid
C#
public static readonly Guid Empty
Remarks
You can compare a GUID with the value of the Guid.Empty field to determine whether a GUID is non-zero. The following example uses the Equality operator to compare two GUID values with Guid.Empty to determine whether they consist exclusively of zeros.
Visual Basic
Module Example Public Sub Demo(outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) ' Create a GUID and determine whether it consists of all zeros. Dim guid1 As Guid = Guid.NewGuid outputBlock.Text += guid1.ToString() + vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Empty: {0}", guid1 = Guid.Empty) + vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += vbCrLf ' Create a GUID with all zeros and compare it to Empty. Dim bytes(15) As Byte Dim guid2 As New Guid(bytes) outputBlock.Text += guid2.ToString() + vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Empty: {0}", guid2 = Guid.Empty) + vbCrLf End Sub End Module ' The example displays output like the following: ' 11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c ' Empty: False ' ' 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 ' Empty: True
C#
using System; public class Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { // Create a GUID and determine whether it consists of all zeros. Guid guid1 = Guid.NewGuid(); outputBlock.Text += guid1.ToString() + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Empty: {0}\n\n", guid1 == Guid.Empty); // Create a GUID with all zeros and compare it to Empty. Byte[] bytes = new Byte[16]; Guid guid2 = new Guid(bytes); outputBlock.Text += guid2.ToString() + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Empty: {0}\n", guid2 == Guid.Empty); } } // The example displays output like the following: // 11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c // Empty: False // // 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 // Empty: True
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
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