Package org.apache.commons.rng.simple.internal

Class SeedFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.rng.simple.internal.SeedFactory

public final class SeedFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities related to seeding.

This class provides methods to generate random seeds (single values or arrays of values, of int or long types) that can be passed to the methods that create a generator instance.
Although the seed-generating methods defined in this class will likely return different values for all calls, there is no guarantee that the produced seed will result always in a "good" sequence of numbers (even if the generator initialized with that seed is good).
There is no guarantee that sequences will not overlap.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	createInt()	Creates a number for use as a seed.
static int[]	createIntArray(int n)	Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
static long	createLong()	Creates a number for use as a seed.
static long[]	createLongArray(int n)	Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createInt

public static int createInt()

Creates a number for use as a seed.

Returns:

a random number.

createLong

public static long createLong()

Creates a number for use as a seed.

Returns:

a random number.

createIntArray

public static int[] createIntArray(int n)

Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.

Parameters:

n - Size of the array to create.

Returns:

an array of n random numbers.

createLongArray

public static long[] createLongArray(int n)

Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.

Parameters:

n - Size of the array to create.

Returns:

an array of n random numbers.