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Simple Java Password Generator
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import java.security.SecureRandom; | |
import java.util.Arrays; | |
import java.util.Collections; | |
import java.util.List; | |
public class PasswordGenerator { | |
// Cryptographically strong random number generator | |
final SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom(); | |
// Min password length | |
private static final int MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 12; | |
// Required password chars | |
private static final char[][] passwordChars = { | |
// Uppercase chars | |
{'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', | |
'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'}, | |
// Lowercase chars | |
{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', | |
's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}, | |
// Digits | |
{'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'}, | |
// Special chars | |
{'!', '@', '#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*'}, | |
}; | |
public String generateRandomPassword() { | |
// Password string builder | |
final StringBuilder passwordBuilder = new StringBuilder(); | |
// First append password with required chars | |
for (char[] chars : passwordChars) { | |
passwordBuilder.append(chars[random.nextInt(chars.length)]); | |
} | |
// Calculate how many character we need to add for a secure password | |
final int charsRemaining = MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH - passwordBuilder.length(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < charsRemaining; i++) { | |
// Choose a random password char arr | |
char[] chars = passwordChars[random.nextInt(passwordChars.length)]; | |
// Append a random char | |
passwordBuilder.append(chars[random.nextInt(chars.length)]); | |
} | |
// Shuffle password | |
return shuffleString(passwordBuilder.toString()); | |
} | |
// Shuffle string | |
private static String shuffleString(String str) { | |
List<String> stringList = Arrays.asList(str.split("")); | |
Collections.shuffle(stringList); | |
return String.join("", stringList); | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) { | |
PasswordGenerator passwordGenerator = new PasswordGenerator(); | |
System.out.println(passwordGenerator.generateRandomPassword()); | |
} | |
} |
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