Class Generator

java.lang.Object

eduni.distributions.Generator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Seedable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bernoulli, Beta, Binomial, Cauchy, ChiSquare, Erlang, FDistribution, Gamma, Geometric, Invgamma, Logistic, Negexp, Normal, Pareto, Pascal, Poisson, Tstudent, Uniform, Weibull

public abstract class Generator
extends Object
implements Seedable

A generic Generator class which delegates its Seedable ability to a Distributions object.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Distributions	distrib

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	getSeed()	Get the random number generator's seed.
void	reseed()	Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)
void	setSeed(long seed)	Set the random number generator's seed.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

distrib

protected Distributions distrib

Method Details

setSeed

public void setSeed(long seed)

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Set the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

setSeed in interface Seedable

Parameters:

seed - The new seed for the generator

getSeed

public long getSeed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

getSeed in interface Seedable

Returns:

The generator's seed

reseed

public void reseed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)

Specified by:

reseed in interface Seedable