Re: Generating a unique string without normal character sets
Angelo Chen wrote:
On Mar 17, 8:09 pm, Sabine Dinis Blochberger <no.s...@here.invalid>
wrote:
angelochen...@gmail.com wrote:
I use UID to generate a unique number in a server app, here is my
code:
UID inviteId = new UID();
String uid = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(inviteId.toString
().getBytes());
sample output:
NjhkZmMyNDQ6MTIwMTQ0YTYwMDk6LTgwMDA=
I'd like to have a unique string consists of normal characters, not
sings like = and others, any hint on this? Thanks,
A.c
p.s. normal character set, i meant A to Z, a to z, 0..9
You only want alpha-numeric characters.
You want to look into hashing, not encoding. Did you use BASE64Encoder
without looking up what it's for?
Thanks, will give md5 hash a try, the = sign was acceptable before,
but now no more in the new situation. just a related question, a
unique string will always generate a unique md5 hash?
No, Hashes are never guaranteed to be unique, but the good ones have a
"very low" chance of collision.
If you need absolutely unique, hash is the wrong way to go.
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