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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2009, 2010 Innovation Gate GmbH
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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package de.innovationgate.utils;

import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;

/**
 * All-purpose generator for unique IDs.
 * The IDs generated by this class are based on a random 64 character string
 * and the current system time, hashed by MD5. The resulting string is
 * a 32 character hexadecimal value.
 *
 */
public class UIDGenerator {

    /**
     * Generate a unique ID
     */
    public static String generateUID() {
        String randomString = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(64);
        String hashString = randomString + System.currentTimeMillis();
        return generateMD5Hash(hashString);
    }

    /**
     * Generates an MD5 hash from the given string
     * @param hashString
     */
    public static String generateMD5Hash(String hashString) {
        MessageDigest md5;
        try {
            md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            return null;
        }

        md5.update(hashString.getBytes());

        byte[] array = md5.digest();
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int j = 0; j < array.length; ++j) {
            int b = array[j] & 0xFF;
            if (b < 0x10)
                sb.append('0');
            sb.append(Integer.toHexString(b));
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

}