Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/integration/security/RandomPasswordGenerator.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 LAMS Foundation (http://lamsfoundation.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
+ * USA
+ *
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+ */
+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.integration.security;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+/**
+ * RandomPasswordGenerator generates a random password with the specified length.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:anthony.xiao@lamsinternational.com">Anthony Xiao</a>
+ */
+public class RandomPasswordGenerator {
+    
+    //define the legal characters in our random password
+    private static final char[] CHAR_ARRAY = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabedefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234567890".toCharArray();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the next random password
+     * 
+     * @param length - the length of the password
+     * @return the next random password
+     */
+    public static String nextPassword(int length){
+        char res[] = new char[length];
+        Random generator = new Random();
+        
+        for(int i=0; i<length; i++)
+            res[i] = CHAR_ARRAY[generator.nextInt(CHAR_ARRAY.length)];
+
+        return new String(res);
+    }
+}