[jira] [Closed] (TEXT-96) Convenience methods needed for RandomStringGenerator

["Pascal Schumacher (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Pascal Schumacher closed TEXT-96.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s:     (was: 1.x)

I'm closing this issue as commons-lang RandomStringUtils was "undeprecated" and some work has been done to make RandomStringGenerator easier to use.

> Convenience methods needed for RandomStringGenerator
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TEXT-96
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TEXT-96
>             Project: Commons Text
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 1.1
>            Reporter: Peter Phillips
>            Priority: Minor
>
> {{RandomStringGenerator}} is extremely verbose compared to the deprecated commons.lang3 {{RandomStringUtils}}.
> Previously we could write:
> {code:java}
> RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(10)
> {code}
> to generate a numeric string whereas this now has become:
> {code:java}
> new RandomStringGenerator.Builder().withinRange('0', '9').build().generate(10)
> {code}
> although in practice we would then also use static imports too.
> The {{randomAlphabetic}} conversion is even more verbose:
> {code:java}
> new RandomStringGenerator.Builder().withinRange('A', 'z').filteredBy(new CharacterPredicate() {
>                     @Override
>                     public boolean test(int codePoint) {
>                         return codePoint >= 'a' || codePoint <= 'Z';
>                     }
>                 }).build().generate(10))
> {code} and at that point I lost enthusiam with trying to replicate {{randomAlphanumeric}}.
> I don't think the average java developer would understand what a code point is in the first place so then trying to get our automation testers to use the new API to implement random alphanumeric character generation would be difficult.
> I therefore suggest that commons-text should have a copy of {{RandomStringUtils}} which can even delegate to {{RandomStringGenerator}} or alternatively convenience static methods for the common use cases.



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