random.hpp

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#pragma once
 
/// @file userver/crypto/random.hpp
/// @brief Cryptographically-secure randomness
 
#include <cstddef>
#include <string>
#include <type_traits>
 
#include <userver/utils/span.hpp>
 
USERVER_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
namespace crypto {
 
namespace impl {
 
void GenerateRandomBlock(utils::span<std::byte> buffer);
 
}  // namespace impl
 
/// @brief Generate a block of randomness using a cryptographically secure RNG.
///
/// Uses a thread-local CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool.
void GenerateRandomBlock(utils::span<char> buffer);
 
/// @overload
template <typename T>
void GenerateRandomBlock(utils::span<T> buffer) {
  static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>);
  impl::GenerateRandomBlock(utils::as_writable_bytes(buffer));
}
 
/// @overload
std::string GenerateRandomBlock(std::size_t size);
 
}  // namespace crypto
 
USERVER_NAMESPACE_END