diff -r f1112f777ce9 -r 96906a986c3b testdev/ite/src/com.nokia.testfw.codegen.ui/src/com/nokia/testfw/codegen/ui/preferences/PreferenceUtil.java
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+++ b/testdev/ite/src/com.nokia.testfw.codegen.ui/src/com/nokia/testfw/codegen/ui/preferences/PreferenceUtil.java	Tue Mar 30 14:39:29 2010 +0800
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: 
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.testfw.codegen.ui.preferences;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
+
+import com.nokia.testfw.codegen.ui.CodegenUIPlugin;
+
+public class PreferenceUtil {
+	private static IPreferenceStore preferenceStore = CodegenUIPlugin
+			.getDefault().getPreferenceStore();
+	private static Random random = new Random();
+	private static int minValue;
+	private static int maxValue;
+	private static final int HEX_PREFIX_LEN = "0x".length();
+
+	public static String getTestFolderName(String base) {
+		String folder = CodegenUIPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore()
+				.getString(PreferenceConstants.TEST_FOLDER_NAME).trim();
+		if (base == null) {
+			return folder;
+		} else {
+			return base + File.separator + folder;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static void updateMaxMinValue() {
+		String hexMin = preferenceStore
+				.getString(PreferenceConstants.UID3_MIN_VALUE);
+		minValue = Integer.decode(hexMin).intValue();
+		String hexMax = preferenceStore
+				.getString(PreferenceConstants.UID3_MAX_VALUE);
+		maxValue = Integer.decode(hexMax).intValue();
+	}
+
+	public static String getRandomAppUID() {
+		updateMaxMinValue();
+		int value = Math.abs(random.nextInt());
+		value = value % (maxValue - minValue) + minValue;
+		return createCanonicalHexString(value);
+	}
+
+	public static String createCanonicalHexString(int value) {
+		char ZEROS[] = { '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0' };
+		String unprocessedHex = Long.toHexString(value).toUpperCase();
+		StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(10);
+		buf.append("0x");
+		int numSigDigits = unprocessedHex.length();
+		int numLeadingZeros = 8 - numSigDigits;
+		if (numLeadingZeros > 0)
+			buf.append(ZEROS, 0, numLeadingZeros);
+		buf.append(unprocessedHex);
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
+
+	public static boolean validateAppUIDValue(int value) {
+		updateMaxMinValue();
+		return value >= minValue && value <= maxValue;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean validateAppUIDText(String text) {
+		if(text.length()<2){
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (!text.substring(0, HEX_PREFIX_LEN).equalsIgnoreCase("0x"))
+			return false;
+		String valueText = text.substring(HEX_PREFIX_LEN);
+		int value = -1;
+		try {
+			value = Integer.parseInt(valueText, 16);
+		} catch (NumberFormatException _ex) {
+		}
+		return PreferenceUtil.validateAppUIDValue(value);
+	}
+
+}