') character to ensure coverage for special * characters and avoid the introduction of random test failures. * * @param int $length * Length of random string to generate. * * @return string * Pseudo-randomly generated unique string including special characters. * * @see \Drupal\Component\Utility\Random::string() */ public function randomString($length = 8) { if ($length < 4) { return $this->getRandomGenerator()->string($length, TRUE, [$this, 'randomStringValidate']); } // To prevent the introduction of random test failures, ensure that the // returned string contains a character that needs to be escaped in HTML by // injecting an ampersand into it. $replacement_pos = floor($length / 2); // Remove 2 from the length to account for the ampersand and greater than // characters. $string = $this->getRandomGenerator()->string($length - 2, TRUE, [$this, 'randomStringValidate']); return substr_replace($string, '>&', $replacement_pos, 0); } /** * Callback for random string validation. * * @see \Drupal\Component\Utility\Random::string() * * @param string $string * The random string to validate. * * @return bool * TRUE if the random string is valid, FALSE if not. */ public function randomStringValidate($string) { // Consecutive spaces causes issues for // \Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase::assertLink(). if (preg_match('/\s{2,}/', $string)) { return FALSE; } // Starting or ending with a space means that length might not be what is // expected. if (preg_match('/^\s|\s$/', $string)) { return FALSE; } return TRUE; } /** * Generates a unique random string containing letters and numbers. * * Do not use this method when testing unvalidated user input. Instead, use * \Drupal\simpletest\TestBase::randomString(). * * @param int $length * Length of random string to generate. * * @return string * Randomly generated unique string. * * @see \Drupal\Component\Utility\Random::name() */ protected function randomMachineName($length = 8) { return $this->getRandomGenerator()->name($length, TRUE); } /** * Generates a random PHP object. * * @param int $size * The number of random keys to add to the object. * * @return \stdClass * The generated object, with the specified number of random keys. Each key * has a random string value. * * @see \Drupal\Component\Utility\Random::object() */ public function randomObject($size = 4) { return $this->getRandomGenerator()->object($size); } /** * Gets the random generator for the utility methods. * * @return \Drupal\Component\Utility\Random * The random generator. */ protected function getRandomGenerator() { if (!is_object($this->randomGenerator)) { $this->randomGenerator = new Random(); } return $this->randomGenerator; } }