//
// VMime library (http://www.vmime.org)
// Copyright (C) 2002 Vincent Richard <vincent@vmime.org>
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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//
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//
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//

#ifndef VMIME_UTILITY_RANDOM_HPP_INCLUDED
#define VMIME_UTILITY_RANDOM_HPP_INCLUDED


#include "vmime/types.hpp"


namespace vmime {
namespace utility {


/** Pseudo-random number generator.
  */
class random {

public:

	/** Return a new random number.
	  *
	  * @return random number
	  */
	static unsigned int getNext();

	/** Return the current time as a number (may be used to
	  * build "random" strings).
	  *
	  * @return time as a number
	  */
	static unsigned int getTime();

	/** Return the current process number (may be user to
	  * build "random" strings).
	  *
	  * @return process number
	  */
	static unsigned int getProcess();

	/** Return a random character string with the specified length.
	  *
	  * @param length length of the string to generate
	  * @param randomChars list of characters to use
	  * @return random string
	  */
	static const string getString(
		const size_t length,
		const string& randomChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"
	);
};


} // utility
} // vmime


#endif // VMIME_UTILITY_RANDOM_HPP_INCLUDED