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//package org.boticelli.util;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.util.Arrays;
//import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
public class RandomUtil
{
  //  protected static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(RandomUtil.class);
    private static String[] secureRndNames = new String[] {
        System.getProperty("boticelli.securerandom"), "SHA1PRNG", "IBMSecureRandom" };
    private RandomUtil()
    {
    }
    /**
     * Creates a new secure random number generator. The following secure random
     * algorithm names are tried:
     * 

         * 
  • The value of system property "boticelli.securerandom", if set. 

    •      * 
  •  "SHA1PRNG" 

    •      * 
  •  "IBMSecureRandom" (available if running in the IBM JRE) 

    •      * 

     */
    private static SecureRandom createSecureRandom()
    {
        SecureRandom secureRnd = null;
        try
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < secureRndNames.length; i++)
            {
                try
                {
                    if (secureRndNames[i] != null)
                    {
                        secureRnd = SecureRandom.getInstance(secureRndNames[i]);
                        break;
                    }
                }
                catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException nsae)
                {
                  //  log.debug("no secure random algorithm named \"" + secureRndNames[i] + "\"",
                  //      nsae);
                }
            }
            if (secureRnd == null)
            {
                throw new IllegalStateException("no secure random algorithm found. (tried " +
                    Arrays.asList(secureRndNames) + ")");
            }
            secureRnd.setSeed(System.currentTimeMillis());
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
           // log.fatal("error initializing secure random", e);
        }
        return secureRnd;
    }
    /**
     * Generates a secure random word with the given length consisting of
     * uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers.
     * 
     * @param len Amount of random characters to generate
     * @return random Word containing letters and numbers.
     */
    public static String createWord(int len)
    {
        return createWord(len, null);
    }
    /**
     * Generates a secure random word with the given length.
     * 
     * @param len Amount of random characters to generate
     * @param alphabet Alphabet to generate from.
     * @return random Word containing letters and numbers.
     */
    public static String createWord(int len, char[] alphabet)
    {
        SecureRandom random = createSecureRandom();
        if (alphabet == null)
        {
            alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890"
                .toCharArray();
        }
        StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer(len);
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        {
            out.append(alphabet[random.nextInt(alphabet.length)]);
        }
        return out.toString();
    }
}