FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation of java.util.UUID.fromString states that it throws an IllegalArgumentException if the UUID string passed to it is invalid, yet it accepts blatantly invalid strings and returns weird UUID objects, or it throws the wrong type of exception. The implementation of the method is abysmally poor.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.util.UUID;

public class UUIDBug {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        // should throw, but instead returns 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
        System.out.println(UUID.fromString("000000000000000000000000-000000000000000000000000-000000000000000000000000-000000000000000000000000-000000000000000000000000"));
        
        // should throw, but instead returns 33337777-7777-4444-5555-222233334444
        System.out.println(UUID.fromString("1111222233334444-1111222233334444-1111222233334444-1111222233334444-1111222233334444"));
        
        // should throw, but instead returns 0defadef-adef-aced-aced-00000defaced
        System.out.println(UUID.fromString("defaced-defaced-defaced-defaced-defaced"));
        
        // should throw, but instead returns 0000000e-000f-000f-000e-00000000000d
        System.out.println(UUID.fromString("e-f-f-e-d"));
        
        // throws wrong type of exception (NumberFormatException instead of IllegalArgumentException)
        System.out.println(UUID.fromString("This-is-not-a-UUID"));
    }
}
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