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Operations for random String
s.
Random object used by random method. This has to be not local * to the random method so as to not return the same value in the * same millisecond.
*/ private static final Random RANDOM = new Random(); /** *RandomStringUtils
instances should NOT be constructed in
* standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as
* RandomStringUtils.random(5);
.
This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance * to operate.
*/ public RandomStringUtils() { } // Random //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** *Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of all characters.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @return the random string */ public static String random(int count) { return random(count, false, false); } /** *Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of characters whose
* ASCII value is between 32
and 126
(inclusive).
Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of alphabetic * characters.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @return the random string */ public static String randomAlphabetic(int count) { return random(count, true, false); } /** *Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @return the random string */ public static String randomAlphanumeric(int count) { return random(count, true, true); } /** *Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of numeric * characters.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @return the random string */ public static String randomNumeric(int count) { return random(count, false, true); } /** *Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters as indicated by the arguments.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param letters iftrue
, generated string will include
* alphabetic characters
* @param numbers if true
, generatd string will include
* numeric characters
* @return the random string
*/
public static String random(int count, boolean letters, boolean numbers) {
return random(count, 0, 0, letters, numbers);
}
/**
* Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters as indicated by the arguments.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param start the position in set of chars to start at * @param end the position in set of chars to end before * @param letters iftrue
, generated string will include
* alphabetic characters
* @param numbers if true
, generated string will include
* numeric characters
* @return the random string
*/
public static String random(int count, int start, int end, boolean letters, boolean numbers) {
return random(count, start, end, letters, numbers, null, RANDOM);
}
/**
* Creates a random string based on a variety of options, using * default source of randomness.
* *This method has exactly the same semantics as * {@link #random(int,int,int,boolean,boolean,char[],Random)}, but * instead of using an externally supplied source of randomness, it uses * the internal static {@link Random} instance.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param start the position in set of chars to start at * @param end the position in set of chars to end before * @param letters only allow letters? * @param numbers only allow numbers? * @param chars the set of chars to choose randoms from. * Ifnull
, then it will use the set of all chars.
* @return the random string
* @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if there are not
* (end - start) + 1
characters in the set array.
*/
public static String random(int count, int start, int end, boolean letters, boolean numbers, char[] chars) {
return random(count, start, end, letters, numbers, chars, RANDOM);
}
/**
* Creates a random string based on a variety of options, using * supplied source of randomness.
* *If start and end are both 0
, start and end are set
* to ' '
and 'z'
, the ASCII printable
* characters, will be used, unless letters and numbers are both
* false
, in which case, start and end are set to
* 0
and Integer.MAX_VALUE
.
*
*
If set is not null
, characters between start and
* end are chosen.
This method accepts a user-supplied {@link Random} * instance to use as a source of randomness. By seeding a single * {@link Random} instance with a fixed seed and using it for each call, * the same random sequence of strings can be generated repeatedly * and predictably.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param start the position in set of chars to start at * @param end the position in set of chars to end before * @param letters only allow letters? * @param numbers only allow numbers? * @param chars the set of chars to choose randoms from. * Ifnull
, then it will use the set of all chars.
* @param random a source of randomness.
* @return the random string
* @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if there are not
* (end - start) + 1
characters in the set array.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if count
< 0.
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String random(int count, int start, int end, boolean letters, boolean numbers, char[] chars, Random random) {
if (count == 0) {
return "";
} else if (count < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Requested random string length " + count + " is less than 0.");
}
if ((start == 0) && (end == 0)) {
end = 'z' + 1;
start = ' ';
if (!letters && !numbers) {
start = 0;
end = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
}
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
int gap = end - start;
while (count-- != 0) {
char ch;
if (chars == null) {
ch = (char) (random.nextInt(gap) + start);
} else {
ch = chars[random.nextInt(gap) + start];
}
if ((letters && numbers && Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch))
|| (letters && Character.isLetter(ch))
|| (numbers && Character.isDigit(ch))
|| (!letters && !numbers)) {
buffer.append(ch);
} else {
count++;
}
}
return buffer.toString();
}
/**
* Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of characters * specified.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param chars the String containing the set of characters to use, * may be null * @return the random string * @throws IllegalArgumentException ifcount
< 0.
*/
public static String random(int count, String chars) {
if (chars == null) {
return random(count, 0, 0, false, false, null, RANDOM);
}
return random(count, chars.toCharArray());
}
/**
* Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.
* *Characters will be chosen from the set of characters specified.
* * @param count the length of random string to create * @param chars the character array containing the set of characters to use, * may be null * @return the random string * @throws IllegalArgumentException ifcount
< 0.
*/
public static String random(int count, char[] chars) {
if (chars == null) {
return random(count, 0, 0, false, false, null, RANDOM);
}
return random(count, 0, chars.length, false, false, chars, RANDOM);
}
}