random number generator with alphanumeric characters java code example

Example 1: generate random string in java

import java.util.Random;

public class Generator {
	public static String generateRandomPassword(int len) {
		String chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijk"
          +"lmnopqrstuvwxyz!@#$%&";
		Random rnd = new Random();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
			sb.append(chars.charAt(rnd.nextInt(chars.length())));
		return sb.toString();
	}
}

Example 2: generate 5 digit random string in java

RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(17).toUpperCase()