oglimmer/utils

package de.oglimmer.utils.random;

/**
 * Creates a random name which is build upon n parts, each part is a nato-alphabet word.
 * 
 * @author Oli Zimpasser
 *
 */
final public class RandomName {

    private static final String[] NATOALPHABET = { "Alpha", "Bravo", "Charlie", "Delta", "Echo", "Foxtrot", "Golf",
            "Hotel", "India", "Juliet", "Kilo", "Lima", "Mike", "November", "Oscar", "Papa", "Quebec", "Romeo",
            "Sierra", "Tango", "Uniform", "Victor", "Whiskey", "Xray", "Yankee", "Zulu", "Zero", "One", "Two", "Three",
            "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine" };

    private RandomName() {
        // no code here
    }

    /**
     * Creates a random name.
     * 
     * @param parts
     *            number of words in this name
     * @return the generated name
     */
    public static String getName(final int parts) {
        final StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < parts; i++) {
            if (buff.length() != 0) {
                buff.append('-');
            }
            buff.append(NATOALPHABET[(int) (Math.random() * NATOALPHABET.length)]);
        }
        return buff.toString();
    }

}