package org.gcube.portlets.user.databasesmanager.client.utils;

public class UIDGenerator {
	private static final char[] CHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
			.toCharArray();

	/**
	 * Generate a random uuid of the specified length. Example: uuid(15) returns
	 * "VcydxgltxrVZSTV"
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param len  the desired number of characters
	 * @return string len
	 */
	public static String get(int len) {
		return get(len, CHARS.length);
	}

	/**
	 * Generate a random uuid of the specified length, and radix. Examples:
	 * 
	 * uuid(8, 2) returns "01001010" (8 character ID, base=2)
	 * uuid(8, 10) returns "47473046" (8 character ID, base=10)
	 * uuid(8, 16) returns "098F4D35" (8 character ID, base=16)
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param len
	 *            the desired number of characters
	 * @param radix
	 *            the number of allowable values for each character (must be <=
	 *            62)
	 * @return random uuid
	 */
	public static String get(int len, int radix) {
		if (radix > CHARS.length) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		char[] uuid = new char[len];
		// Compact form
		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
			uuid[i] = CHARS[(int) (Math.random() * radix)];
		}
		return new String(uuid);
	}

	/**
	 * Generate a RFC4122, version 4 ID. Example:
	 * "92329D39-6F5C-4520-ABFC-AAB64544E172"
	 * 
	 * @return id
	 */
	public static String get() {
		char[] uuid = new char[36];
		int r;

		// rfc4122 requires these characters
		uuid[8] = uuid[13] = uuid[18] = uuid[23] = '-';
		uuid[14] = '4';

		// Fill in random data. At i==19 set the high bits of clock sequence as
		// per rfc4122, sec. 4.1.5
		for (int i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
			if (uuid[i] == 0) {
				r = (int) (Math.random() * 16);
				uuid[i] = CHARS[(i == 19) ? (r & 0x3) | 0x8 : r & 0xf];
			}
		}
		return new String(uuid);
	}
}