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

Another solution would be something similar to Pawel's solution but without creating new Strings and only solving the questions problem. If perfomance is a concern, avoid regex/split/replaceAll and UUID.fromString like the plague.

String hyphenlessUuid = in.nextString();
BigInteger bigInteger = new BigInteger(hyphenlessUuid, 16);
 new UUID(bigInteger.shiftRight(64).longValue(), bigInteger.longValue());