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Generates an alphanumeric string based on specified length
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//package org.opentides.util;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
public class StringUtil {
private static Random random = new Random((new Date()).getTime());
/**
* generates an alphanumeric string based on specified length.
* @param length # of characters to generate
* @return random string
*/
public static String generateRandomString(int length) {
char[] values = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j',
'k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t',
'u','v','w','x','y','z','0','1','2','3',
'4','5','6','7','8','9'};
String out = "";
for (int i=0;i<length;i++) {
int idx=random.nextInt(values.length);
out += values[idx];
}
return out;
}
}
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