Java tutorial
//package com.qlogic.commons.utils; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.LinkedHashSet; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; import java.util.Set; public class Randomizer extends Random { /** * */ private static final long serialVersionUID = -4644693860576394313L; public static Randomizer getInstance() { return _instance; } public Randomizer() { super(); } public Randomizer(long seed) { super(seed); } public int[] nextInt(int n, int size) { if (size > n) { size = n; } Set set = new LinkedHashSet(); for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { while (true) { Integer value = new Integer(nextInt(n)); if (!set.contains(value)) { set.add(value); break; } } } int[] array = new int[set.size()]; Iterator itr = set.iterator(); for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { array[i] = ((Integer) itr.next()).intValue(); } return array; } public void randomize(char array[]) { int length = array.length; for (int i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) { int x = nextInt(length); char y = array[i]; array[i] = array[i + x]; array[i + x] = y; length--; } } public void randomize(int array[]) { int length = array.length; for (int i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) { int x = nextInt(length); int y = array[i]; array[i] = array[i + x]; array[i + x] = y; length--; } } public void randomize(List list) { int size = list.size(); for (int i = 0; i <= size; i++) { int j = nextInt(size); Object obj = list.get(i); list.set(i, list.get(i + j)); list.set(i + j, obj); size--; } } public void randomize(Object array[]) { int length = array.length; for (int i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) { int x = nextInt(length); Object y = array[i]; array[i] = array[i + x]; array[i + x] = y; length--; } } public String randomize(String s) { if (s == null) { return null; } char[] array = s.toCharArray(); randomize(array); return new String(array); } private static Randomizer _instance = new Randomizer(); }