ca.uqac.lif.labpal

Class Random

java.lang.Object

java.util.Random

ca.uqac.lif.labpal.Random

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Random
extends java.util.Random

Random number generator that remembers the seed it was instantiated with.

Author:

Sylvain Hallé

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Random() Create a new random number generator with seed 0
Random(long seed) Creates a new random number generator using a single long seed.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getSeed() Retrieves the seed used to instantiate this random number generator
void	reseed() Resets the state of the random number generator
void	setSeed(long seed)

Methods inherited from class java.util.Random

doubles, doubles, doubles, doubles, ints, ints, ints, ints, longs, longs, longs, longs, next, nextBoolean, nextBytes, nextDouble, nextFloat, nextGaussian, nextInt, nextInt, nextLong

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Random

public Random()

Create a new random number generator with seed 0

Random

public Random(long seed)

Creates a new random number generator using a single long seed.

Parameters:

seed - The initial seed

Method Detail

reseed

public void reseed()

Resets the state of the random number generator

setSeed

public void setSeed(long seed)

Overrides:

setSeed in class java.util.Random

getSeed

public long getSeed()

Retrieves the seed used to instantiate this random number generator

Returns:

The seed