Does guava have a method to generate random strings?

Question

Apache Commons has a method to generate random string

RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(10)

Does guava hava a similar method?

Answer 1

It all depends on your needs, for some cases you can use the following:

private final Random random = new Random(); // or SecureRandom

String generate() {
    final byte[] buffer = new byte[5];
    random.nextBytes(buffer);
    return BaseEncoding.base64Url().omitPadding().encode(buffer); // or base32()
}