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OpenKit Java Reference Implementation
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Use a string in the deviceID #208

Open ElodieLam opened 9 months ago

ElodieLam commented 9 months ago

This request is related to my previous suggestion https://github.com/Dynatrace/openkit-java/issues/207

Would it be possible to use a string in the deviceID? In my customer context, every user is identified with a unique string identifier (Ex. Z1234567) or with the “Hostname” (Ex. INHL0007777) which are unfortunately alpha numeric characters.

Thank you!

TheHighriser commented 9 months ago

There has been an option in older version of OpenKit Java but this is no longer available. In general the customer can of course use his own hashing mechanism. But they should probably go with a (explicit) hashing that is reversable so later on they can go from the internal user id to the actually string identifier.