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//
// 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
// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
// General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
//
// Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making
// a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and conditions of
// the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination.
//

#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