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If a low surrogate is chosen, * 56320 (dc00) to 57343 (dfff) then it is placed after a randomly * chosen high surrogate. * * @author <a href="mailto:steven@caswell.name">Steven Caswell</a> * @author Stephen Colebourne * @author Gary Gregory * @author Phil Steitz * @since 1.0 * @version $Id: RandomStringUtils.java 471626 2006-11-06 04:02:09Z bayard $ */ 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(); /** * <code>RandomStringUtils</code> instances should NOT be constructed in * standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as * <code>RandomStringUtils.random(5);</code>. * * This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance * to operate. */ 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. * * @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 <code>32</code> and <code>126</code> (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 <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. * * @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 * {@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 <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 <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>. * * If set is not <code>null</code>, 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 <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> < 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. * * @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> < 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 <code>count</code> < 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); } }