Here you can find the source of getRandomString()
public static String getRandomString()
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a va2 s . com * Team15Alpha * AppName: SkillTradiez (Subject to change) * Copyright (C) 2015 Stephen Andersen, Falon Scheers, Elyse Hill, Noah Weninger, Cole Evans * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Random; public class Main { private static Random random = new Random(); private static String[] components = new String[] { "" }; public static String getRandomString() { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { sb.append(components[random.nextInt(components.length)]); } sb.append(random.nextInt()); String result = sb.toString(); if (result.length() > 9) { result = result.substring(0, 9); } return result; } }