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package org.apache.commons.lang;

import java.util.Random;

Operations for random Strings.

Currently private high surrogate characters are ignored. These are unicode characters that fall between the values 56192 (db80) and 56319 (dbff) as we don't know how to handle them. High and low surrogates are correctly dealt with - that is if a high surrogate is randomly chosen, 55296 (d800) to 56191 (db7f) then it is followed by a low surrogate. If a low surrogate is chosen, 56320 (dc00) to 57343 (dfff) then it is placed after a randomly chosen high surrogate.

#ThreadSafe#

Author:Apache Software Foundation, Steven Caswell, Gary Gregory, Phil Steitz
Since:1.0
Version:$Id: RandomStringUtils.java 1056988 2011-01-09 17:58:53Z niallp $
/** * <p>Operations for random <code>String</code>s.</p> * <p>Currently <em>private high surrogate</em> characters are ignored. * These are unicode characters that fall between the values 56192 (db80) * and 56319 (dbff) as we don't know how to handle them. * High and low surrogates are correctly dealt with - that is if a * high surrogate is randomly chosen, 55296 (d800) to 56191 (db7f) * then it is followed by a low surrogate. If a low surrogate is chosen, * 56320 (dc00) to 57343 (dfff) then it is placed after a randomly * chosen high surrogate. </p> * * <p>#ThreadSafe#</p> * @author Apache Software Foundation * @author <a href="mailto:steven@caswell.name">Steven Caswell</a> * @author Gary Gregory * @author Phil Steitz * @since 1.0 * @version $Id: RandomStringUtils.java 1056988 2011-01-09 17:58:53Z niallp $ */
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.

/** * <p>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.</p> */
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.

/** * <p><code>RandomStringUtils</code> instances should NOT be constructed in * standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as * <code>RandomStringUtils.random(5);</code>.</p> * * <p>This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance * to operate.</p> */
public RandomStringUtils() { super(); } // Random //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters specified.

Characters will be chosen from the set of all characters.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of all characters.</p> * * @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).

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of characters whose * ASCII value is between <code>32</code> and <code>126</code> (inclusive).</p> * * @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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of alphabetic * characters.</p> * * @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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters.</p> * * @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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of numeric * characters.</p> * * @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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • letters – if true, generated string will include alphabetic characters
  • numbers – if true, generated string will include numeric characters
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters as indicated by the arguments.</p> * * @param count the length of random string to create * @param letters if <code>true</code>, generated string will include * alphabetic characters * @param numbers if <code>true</code>, generated 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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • start – the position in set of chars to start at
  • end – the position in set of chars to end before
  • letters – if true, generated string will include alphabetic characters
  • numbers – if true, generated string will include numeric characters
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of alpha-numeric * characters as indicated by the arguments.</p> * * @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 <code>true</code>, generated string will include * alphabetic characters * @param numbers if <code>true</code>, 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 random(int, int, int, boolean, boolean, char[], Random), but instead of using an externally supplied source of randomness, it uses the internal static Random instance.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • start – the position in set of chars to start at
  • end – the position in set of chars to end before
  • letters – only allow letters?
  • numbers – only allow numbers?
  • chars – the set of chars to choose randoms from. If null, then it will use the set of all chars.
Throws:
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string based on a variety of options, using * default source of randomness.</p> * * <p>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.</p> * * @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 <code>null</code>, then it will use the set of all chars. * @return the random string * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if there are not * <code>(end - start) + 1</code> 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 Random instance to use as a source of randomness. By seeding a single Random instance with a fixed seed and using it for each call, the same random sequence of strings can be generated repeatedly and predictably.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • start – the position in set of chars to start at
  • end – the position in set of chars to end before
  • letters – only allow letters?
  • numbers – only allow numbers?
  • chars – the set of chars to choose randoms from. If null, then it will use the set of all chars.
  • random – a source of randomness.
Throws:
Returns:the random string
Since:2.0
/** * <p>Creates a random string based on a variety of options, using * supplied source of randomness.</p> * * <p>If start and end are both <code>0</code>, start and end are set * to <code>' '</code> and <code>'z'</code>, the ASCII printable * characters, will be used, unless letters and numbers are both * <code>false</code>, in which case, start and end are set to * <code>0</code> and <code>Integer.MAX_VALUE</code>. * * <p>If set is not <code>null</code>, characters between start and * end are chosen.</p> * * <p>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.</p> * * @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 <code>null</code>, 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 * <code>(end - start) + 1</code> characters in the set array. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>count</code> &lt; 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; } } char[] buffer = new char[count]; 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 && Character.isLetter(ch)) || (numbers && Character.isDigit(ch)) || (!letters && !numbers)) { if(ch >= 56320 && ch <= 57343) { if(count == 0) { count++; } else { // low surrogate, insert high surrogate after putting it in buffer[count] = ch; count--; buffer[count] = (char) (55296 + random.nextInt(128)); } } else if(ch >= 55296 && ch <= 56191) { if(count == 0) { count++; } else { // high surrogate, insert low surrogate before putting it in buffer[count] = (char) (56320 + random.nextInt(128)); count--; buffer[count] = ch; } } else if(ch >= 56192 && ch <= 56319) { // private high surrogate, no effing clue, so skip it count++; } else { buffer[count] = ch; } } else { count++; } } return new String(buffer); }

Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters specified.

Characters will be chosen from the set of characters specified.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • chars – the String containing the set of characters to use, may be null
Throws:
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of characters * specified.</p> * * @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 <code>count</code> &lt; 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.

Params:
  • count – the length of random string to create
  • chars – the character array containing the set of characters to use, may be null
Throws:
Returns:the random string
/** * <p>Creates a random string whose length is the number of characters * specified.</p> * * <p>Characters will be chosen from the set of characters specified.</p> * * @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 <code>count</code> &lt; 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); } }