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title: Random password generator
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# Random password generator

The random password generator constructs a password using a specified format.

It offers the following configuration properties:

* `password-character-set`

  Defines the character sets that can be used when generating passwords. Each character set should consist of a name followed by a colon and the set of characters that set contains (for example, `alpha:abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz` or `numeric:0123456789`). Multiple character sets can be configured.

* `password-format`

  Specifies the format that should be used when generating passwords. This should be a comma-delimited list in which each item is the name of a character set followed by a colon and the number of characters to include from that set (for example, `alpha:3,numeric:2,alpha:3` indicates that the generated password should consist of three alphabetic characters followed two numeric digits and three more alphabetic characters).