Package adams.data.random

Interface RandomNumberGenerator<T extends Number>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of random number to return

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, OptionHandler, ShallowCopySupporter<RandomNumberGenerator>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DistributionBasedRandomNumberGenerator<T>, RandomDoubleRangeGenerator<T>, RandomIntegerRangeGenerator<T>, SeededRandomNumberGenerator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDistributionBasedRandomNumberGenerator, AbstractRandomNumberGenerator, AbstractSeededRandomNumberGenerator, JavaRandomByte, JavaRandomByteUnseeded, JavaRandomDouble, JavaRandomDoubleUnseeded, JavaRandomInt, JavaRandomIntUnseeded

public interface RandomNumberGenerator<T extends Number>
extends OptionHandler, ShallowCopySupporter<RandomNumberGenerator>

Interface for random number generators.

Version:

$Revision: 4584 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	next()	Returns the nexct random number.
void	reset()	Resets the generator.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable

destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.ShallowCopySupporter

shallowCopy, shallowCopy

Method Detail

reset

void reset()

Resets the generator.

next

T next()

Returns the nexct random number.

Returns:

the next number