src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/RandomHash.java

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package org.apache.sqoop.util;

import java.rmi.server.UID;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

/**
 * Securely generate random MD5 signatures for use as nonce values.
 */
public final class RandomHash {

  private RandomHash() { }

  /**
   * Generate a new random md5 hash.
   * @return a securely-generated random 16 byte sequence.
   */
  public static byte [] generateMD5Bytes() {
    try {
      MessageDigest digester = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
      long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
      digester.update((new UID() + "@" + time).getBytes());
      return digester.digest();
    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Generate a new random md5 hash and convert it to a string.
   * @return a securely-generated random string.
   */
  public static String generateMD5String() {
    byte [] bytes = generateMD5Bytes();
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (byte b : bytes) {
      int x = ((int) b) & 0xFF;
      sb.append(String.format("%02x", x));
    }
    return sb.toString();
  }
}