Class: PublicUid::Generators::HexStringSecureRandom

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/public_uid/generators/hex_string_secure_random.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(length = 8) ⇒ HexStringSecureRandom

Returns a new instance of HexStringSecureRandom.



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# File 'lib/public_uid/generators/hex_string_secure_random.rb', line 6

def initialize(length=8)
  @length = length
end

Instance Method Details

#generate ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/public_uid/generators/hex_string_secure_random.rb', line 10

def generate
  if @length.odd?
    result = SecureRandom.hex( (@length+1)/2 )  #because in "SecureRandom.hex(@length)" @length means length in bytes = 2 hexadecimal characters  
    return result[0...-1]
  else
   SecureRandom.hex(@length/2)
  end
end