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generates an alphanumeric string based on specified length.

     
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//package org.opentides.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;


import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;

public class StringUtil {

  private static Random random = new Random((new Date()).getTime());
  
    /**
     * generates an alphanumeric string based on specified length.
     * @param length # of characters to generate
     * @return random string
     */
    public static String generateRandomString(int length) {
      char[] values = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j',
               'k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t',
               'u','v','w','x','y','z','0','1','2','3',
               '4','5','6','7','8','9'};
      String out = "";
      for (int i=0;i<length;i++) {
          int idx=random.nextInt(values.length);
        out += values[idx];
      }
      return out;
    }
    
}

   
    
    
    
    
  








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