Java8: Generate a Random String in One Line

This is a program which demonstrates the power of Java 8 streaming to generate random strings in Java. It chains the filter, map, limit, and collect to turn random numbers into the required string.


The program will output random strings containing numbers [0-9] and letters [a-z,A-Z].

The numbers in the code map to UniCode characters (for a full Unicode chart see here).

An explanation of the code is as follows:

1. Generate random numbers within the range 48 (unicode for 0) to 122 (unicode for z).
2. Only allow numbers less than 57 (the digits 0-9) or greater than 65 and less than 90 (letters A-Z) or great than 97 (the letters A-Z).
3. Map each number to a char.
4. Stop when you have the required length of the string. 
5. Collect the chars produced into a StringBuilder
6. Turn the StringBuilder in a String and return