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BluetoothUUID: getDescriptor() static method

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The getDescriptor() static method of the BluetoothUUID interface returns a UUID representing a registered descriptor when passed a name or the 16- or 32-bit UUID alias.

Syntax

BluetoothUUID.getDescriptor(name)

Parameters

name

A string containing the name of the descriptor.

Return value

A 128-bit UUID.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if name does not appear in the registry.

Examples

In the following example the UUID representing the descriptor named time_trigger_setting is returned and printed to the console.

let result = BluetoothUUID.getDescriptor("time_trigger_setting");
console.log(result); // "0000290e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
getDescriptor_static 56 79 No 43 No 56 No 43 No 6.0 No No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/BluetoothUUID/getDescriptor_static