chinwag-android/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/StringUtils.kt

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@file:JvmName("StringUtils")
package com.keylesspalace.tusky.util
import java.util.Random
private const val POSSIBLE_CHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
fun randomAlphanumericString(count: Int): String {
val chars = CharArray(count)
val random = Random()
for (i in 0 until count) {
chars[i] = POSSIBLE_CHARS[random.nextInt(POSSIBLE_CHARS.length)]
}
return String(chars)
}
// We sort statuses by ID. Something we need to invent some ID for placeholder.
// Not sure if inc()/dec() should be made `operator` or not
/**
* "Increment" string so that during sorting it's bigger than [this].
*/
fun String.inc(): String {
// We assume that we will stay in the safe range for now
val builder = this.toCharArray()
builder.last().inc()
return String(builder)
}
/**
* "Decrement" string so that during sorting it's smaller than [this].
*/
fun String.dec(): String {
val builder = this.toCharArray()
var i = builder.lastIndex
while (i > 0) {
if (builder[i] > '0') {
builder[i] = builder[i].dec()
break
} else {
builder[i] = 'z'
}
i--
}
// All characters were '0'
if (i == 0 && this.isNotEmpty()) {
// Remove one character
return String(builder.copyOfRange(1, builder.size))
}
return String(builder)
}
/**
* A < B (strictly) by length and then by content.
* Examples:
* "abc" < "bcd"
* "ab" < "abc"
* "cb" < "abc"
* not: "ab" < "ab"
* not: "abc" > "cb"
*/
fun String.isLessThan(other: String): Boolean {
return when {
this.length < other.length -> true
this.length > other.length -> false
else -> this < other
}
}