Is there functionality to generate a random character in Java?

Question

Does Java have any functionality to generate random characters or strings? Or must one simply pick a random integer and convert that integer\'s ascii code to a character?

Answer 1

My propose for generating random string with mixed case like: "DthJwMvsTyu".
This algorithm based on ASCII codes of letters when its codes a-z (97 to 122) and A-Z (65 to 90) differs in 5th bit (2^5 or 1 << 5 or 32).

random.nextInt(2): result is 0 or 1.

random.nextInt(2) << 5: result is 0 or 32.

Upper A is 65 and lower a is 97. Difference is only on 5th bit (32) so for generating random char we do binary OR '|' random charCaseBit (0 or 32) and random code from A to Z (65 to 90).

public String fastestRandomStringWithMixedCase(int length) {
    Random random = new Random();
    final int alphabetLength = 'Z' - 'A' + 1;
    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(length);
    while (result.length() < length) {
        final char charCaseBit = (char) (random.nextInt(2) << 5);
        result.append((char) (charCaseBit | ('A' + random.nextInt(alphabetLength))));
    }
    return result.toString();
}