Creating a UUID from a string with no dashes

Question

How would I create a java.util.UUID from a string with no dashes?

\"5231b533ba17478798a3f2df37de2aD7\" => #uuid \"5231b533-ba17-4787-98a3-f2df37de2aD7\"
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Answer 1

public static String addUUIDDashes(String idNoDashes) {
    StringBuffer idBuff = new StringBuffer(idNoDashes);
    idBuff.insert(20, '-');
    idBuff.insert(16, '-');
    idBuff.insert(12, '-');
    idBuff.insert(8, '-');
    return idBuff.toString();
}

Maybe someone else can comment on the computational efficiency of this approach. (It wasn't a concern for my application.)