question: public static UUID uuidFromString ( String str ) { if ( str == null ) { return null ; } if ( str . length ( ) == 32 ) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ( str ) ; sb . insert ( 8 , '-' ) ; sb . insert ( 13 , '-' ) ; sb . insert ( 18 , '-' ) ; sb . insert ( 23 , '-' ) ; return UUID . fromString ( sb . toString ( ) ) ; } else { return UUID . fromString ( str ) ; } }
target:  Expect strings in following 2 formats: 422f1dfd-ce07-2820-494e-bf3b9d5e74d8 422f1dfdce072820494ebf3b9d5e74d8