+=head1 SUBROUTINES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item generate NUM TYPE HASHREF
+
+Generates the specified number of prepaid cards. Returns an array reference of
+the newly generated card identifiers, or a scalar error message.
+
+=cut
+
+#false laziness w/agent::generate_reg_codes
+sub generate {
+ my( $num, $type, $hashref ) = @_;
+
+ my @codeset = ();
+ push @codeset, ( 'A'..'Z' ) if $type =~ /alpha/;
+ push @codeset, ( '1'..'9' ) if $type =~ /numeric/;
+
+ local $SIG{HUP} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{INT} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{QUIT} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{TERM} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{TSTP} = 'IGNORE';
+ local $SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
+
+ my $oldAutoCommit = $FS::UID::AutoCommit;
+ local $FS::UID::AutoCommit = 0;
+ my $dbh = dbh;
+
+ my $condup = 0; #don't retry forever
+
+ my @cards = ();
+ for ( 1 ... $num ) {
+
+ my $identifier = join('', map($codeset[int(rand $#codeset)], (0..7) ) );
+
+ redo if qsearchs('prepay_credit',{identifier=>$identifier}) && $condup++<23;
+ $condup = 0;
+
+ my $prepay_credit = new FS::prepay_credit {
+ 'identifier' => $identifier,
+ %$hashref,
+ };
+ my $error = $prepay_credit->check || $prepay_credit->insert;
+ if ( $error ) {
+ $dbh->rollback if $oldAutoCommit;
+ return "(inserting prepay_credit) $error";
+ }
+ push @cards, $prepay_credit->identifier;
+ }
+
+ $dbh->commit or die $dbh->errstr if $oldAutoCommit;
+
+ \@cards;
+
+}
+