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package m.utils;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 *
 * @author ktraff
 */
public class RandomString {

  private static final char[] symbols;
  public int length;

  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);
    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);
    this.length = 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);
  }

  public String nextDateString() {
      String dt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmssSS").format(new Date());
      return dt.substring(Math.max(0, dt.length() - length));
  }
}