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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * org.onap.dmaap
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.dmaap.dbcapi.util;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+// source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41107/how-to-generate-a-random-alpha-numeric-string
+
+public class RandomString {
+
+ private static final char[] symbols;
+
+ static {
+ StringBuilder tmp = new StringBuilder();
+ for (char ch = '0'; ch <= '9'; ++ch)
+ tmp.append(ch);
+ for (char ch = 'a'; ch <= 'z'; ++ch)
+ tmp.append(ch);
+ symbols = tmp.toString().toCharArray();
+ }
+
+ private final Random random = new Random();
+
+ private final char[] buf;
+
+ public RandomString(int length) {
+ if (length < 1)
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("length < 1: " + length);
+ buf = new char[length];
+ }
+
+ public String nextString() {
+ for (int idx = 0; idx < buf.length; ++idx)
+ buf[idx] = symbols[random.nextInt(symbols.length)];
+ return new String(buf);
+ }
+ }