org.pfsw.text
Interface StringGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ObjectIdGenerator, RandomStringGenerator

public interface StringGenerator

Defines the common API for classes that are supposed to generate strings.

generateString

java.lang.String generateString()

Generates a new string. The contents of the string is implementation specific. The length depends on the default length defined by the implementor.

Returns:

A new string with the default length.

generateString

java.lang.String generateString(int length)

Generates a new string with the specified length. The contents of the string is implementation specific. The length depends on the default length defined by the implementor.

Parameters:

length - The length of the string to generate.

Returns:

A new string with the given length.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given length is negative.