Package org.apache.commons.math.random

Interface RandomGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRandomGenerator, AbstractWell, BitsStreamGenerator, JDKRandomGenerator, MersenneTwister, RandomAdaptor, Well1024a, Well19937a, Well19937c, Well44497a, Well44497b, Well512a

public interface RandomGenerator

Interface extracted from java.util.Random. This interface is implemented by AbstractRandomGenerator.

Since:

1.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	nextBoolean()	Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed boolean value from this random number generator's sequence.
void	nextBytes(byte[] bytes)	Generates random bytes and places them into a user-supplied byte array.
double	nextDouble()	Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed double value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.
float	nextFloat()	Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed float value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.
double	nextGaussian()	Returns the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed double value with mean 0.0 and standard deviation 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.
int	nextInt()	Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value from this random number generator's sequence.
int	nextInt(int n)	Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0 (inclusive) and the specified value (exclusive), drawn from this random number generator's sequence.
long	nextLong()	Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long value from this random number generator's sequence.
void	setSeed(int seed)	Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an int seed.
void	setSeed(int[] seed)	Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an int array seed.
void	setSeed(long seed)	Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using a long seed.

Method Detail

setSeed

void setSeed(int seed)

Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an int seed.

Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.

Parameters:

seed - the seed value

setSeed

void setSeed(int[] seed)

Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an int array seed.

Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.

Parameters:

seed - the seed value

setSeed

void setSeed(long seed)

Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using a long seed.

Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.

Parameters:

seed - the seed value

nextBytes

void nextBytes(byte[] bytes)

Generates random bytes and places them into a user-supplied byte array. The number of random bytes produced is equal to the length of the byte array.

Parameters:

bytes - the non-null byte array in which to put the random bytes

nextInt

int nextInt()

Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value from this random number generator's sequence. All 2³² possible int values should be produced with (approximately) equal probability.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value from this random number generator's sequence

nextInt

int nextInt(int n)

Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0 (inclusive) and the specified value (exclusive), drawn from this random number generator's sequence.

Parameters:

n - the bound on the random number to be returned. Must be positive.

Returns:

a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0 (inclusive) and n (exclusive).

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if n is not positive.

nextLong

long nextLong()

Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long value from this random number generator's sequence. All 2⁶⁴ possible long values should be produced with (approximately) equal probability.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed long value from this random number generator's sequence

nextBoolean

boolean nextBoolean()

Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed boolean value from this random number generator's sequence.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed boolean value from this random number generator's sequence

nextFloat

float nextFloat()

Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed float value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed float value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence

nextDouble

double nextDouble()

Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed double value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed double value between 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence

nextGaussian

double nextGaussian()

Returns the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed double value with mean 0.0 and standard deviation 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.

Returns:

the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed double value with mean 0.0 and standard deviation 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence