src/de/podfetcher/util/NumberGenerator.java


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package de.podfetcher.util;

import java.util.Random;
import android.util.Log;

/**Utility class for creating large random numbers.*/
public final class NumberGenerator {
	/** Class shall not be instantiated.*/
	private NumberGenerator() {
	}

	/**Logging tag.*/
    private static final String TAG = "NumberGenerator";

	/** Takes a string and generates a random value out of
	 * the hash-value of that string.
	 *	@param strSeed The string to take for the return value
	 *	@return The generated random value
	 * */
    public static long generateLong(final String strSeed) {
        long seed = (long) strSeed.hashCode();
        Log.d(TAG, "Taking " + seed + " as seed.");
        return new Random(seed).nextLong();
    }
}