GUID class for Typescript

Guid.ts

class Guid {
	public static newGuid(): Guid {
		return new Guid(crypto.randomUUID());
		
		// Old IE supported way:
		/*return new Guid('xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, c => {
			const r = Math.random() * 16 | 0;
			const v = (c == 'x') ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
			return v.toString(16);
		}));*/
	}
	public static get empty(): string {
		return '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
	}
	public get empty(): string {
		return Guid.empty;
	}
	public static isValid(str: string): boolean {
		const validRegex = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
		return validRegex.test(str);
	}
	private value: string = this.empty;
	constructor(value?: string) {
		if (value) {
			if(Guid.isValid(value)) {
				this.value = value;
			}
		}
	}
	public toString() {
		return this.value;
	}

	public toJSON(): string {
		return this.value;
	}
}
var e = new Guid();

e; // Guid { value: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' }​​​​​
e.toString(); // 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000​​​​​

console.log(e); // ​​​​​Guid { value: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' }​​​​​

JSON.stringify(e); // ​​​​​"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"​​​​​

e = Guid.newGuid(); // ​​​​​Guid { value: 'bb90ef83-1a7e-42b1-90ba-39cdebb6366c' }​​​​​
JSON.stringify(e); // ​​​​​"bb90ef83-1a7e-42b1-90ba-39cdebb6366c"​​​​​

Guid.isValid(e.toString()); // true
Guid.empty; // ​​​​​00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000​​​​​
Guid.isValid(Guid.empty); // false

browser native alternative for V4 UUID:

crypto.randomUUID() // 'ab391b51-6732-4013-8627-27d2be558f5a'

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/randomUUID

Nice, thanks! Doesnt work in IE, but who cares about that anymore?

Nice, thanks! Doesnt work in IE, but who cares about that anymore?

What's IE? 😇