Share randomString method.

This simply shares a common implementation and makes no judgements on the validity of its use. The string created is not a secure random number, so some uses of it may not be applicable.
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Chad Weider 2012-01-28 17:38:23 -08:00
parent 34edba3adf
commit 363e168561
12 changed files with 37 additions and 61 deletions

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@ -20,6 +20,23 @@
* limitations under the License.
*/
/**
* Generates a random String with the given length. Is needed to generate the Author, Group, readonly, session Ids
*/
function randomString(len)
{
var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
var randomstring = '';
len = len || 20
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
var rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
randomstring += chars.substring(rnum, rnum + 1);
}
return randomstring;
}
function createCookie(name, value, days, path)
{
if (days)
@ -510,6 +527,7 @@ padutils.setupGlobalExceptionHandler = setupGlobalExceptionHandler;
padutils.binarySearch = require('/ace2_common').binarySearch;
exports.randomString = randomString;
exports.createCookie = createCookie;
exports.readCookie = readCookie;
exports.padutils = padutils;