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Operations for random Strings.

* * @author GenerationJava Core library * @author Henri Yandell * @author Steven Caswell * @author Stephen Colebourne * @author Gary Gregory * @author Phil Steitz * @since 1.0 * @version $Id: RandomStringUtils.java,v 1.1 2012/08/30 16:24:42 marcin Exp $ */ public class RandomStringUtils { /** *

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).

* * @param count the length of random string to create * @return the random string */ public static String randomAscii(int count) { return random(count, 32, 127, false, false); } /** *

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 if true, 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 if true, 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. * If null, 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. * If null, 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 if count < 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 if count < 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); } }