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package org.springframework.security.oauth2.common.util; import java.security.SecureRandom; import java.util.Random; /** * Utility that generates a random-value ASCII string. * * @author Ryan Heaton * @author Dave Syer */ public class RandomValueStringGenerator { private static final char[] DEFAULT_CODEC = "1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" .toCharArray(); private Random random = new SecureRandom(); private int length; /** * Create a generator with the default length (6). */ public RandomValueStringGenerator() { this(6); } /** * Create a generator of random strings of the length provided * * @param length the length of the strings generated */ public RandomValueStringGenerator(int length) { this.length = length; } public String generate() { byte[] verifierBytes = new byte[length]; random.nextBytes(verifierBytes); return getAuthorizationCodeString(verifierBytes); } /** * Convert these random bytes to a verifier string. The length of the byte array can be * {@link #setLength(int) configured}. The default implementation mods the bytes to fit into the * ASCII letters 1-9, A-Z, a-z . * * @param verifierBytes The bytes. * @return The string. */ protected String getAuthorizationCodeString(byte[] verifierBytes) { char[] chars = new char[verifierBytes.length]; for (int i = 0; i < verifierBytes.length; i++) { chars[i] = DEFAULT_CODEC[((verifierBytes[i] & 0xFF) % DEFAULT_CODEC.length)]; } return new String(chars); } /** * The random value generator used to create token secrets. * * @param random The random value generator used to create token secrets. */ public void setRandom(Random random) { this.random = random; } /** * The length of string to generate. * * @param length the length to set */ public void setLength(int length) { this.length = length; } }