# UUID

## Overview

The `UUID` object provides utilities for working with universally unique identifiers (UUIDs). It supports operations to retrieve the byte array or string representation of a UUID.

## Methods Summarized

| Type                                                     | Name                    | Summary                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| [Array](/reference/servoycore/dev-api/js-lib/array.md)   | [toBytes()](#tobytes)   | Get the byte array representation of the UUID. |
| [String](/reference/servoycore/dev-api/js-lib/string.md) | [toString()](#tostring) | Get the string representation of the UUID.     |

## Methods Detailed

### toBytes()

Get the byte array representation of the UUID.

**Returns:** [Array](/reference/servoycore/dev-api/js-lib/array.md) the byte array representation of the UUID.

**Sample**

```js
uuid.toBytes();
```

### toString()

Get the string representation of the UUID.

**Returns:** [String](/reference/servoycore/dev-api/js-lib/string.md) the string representation of the UUID.

**Sample**

```js
uuid.toString();
```

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