RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator
public
static
interface
RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator
implements
RandomGenerator.StreamableGenerator
java.util.random.RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator |
This interface is designed to provide a common protocol for objects that generate pseudorandom values and can easily jump forward, by a moderate amount (ex. 264) to a distant point in the state cycle.
Ideally, all JumpableGenerator
objects produced by iterative
jumping from a single original JumpableGenerator
object are
statistically independent of one another and individually uniform. In
practice, one must settle for some approximation to independence and
uniformity. In particular, a specific implementation may assume that each
generator in a stream produced by the
jump()
method is used to produce a number
of values no larger than either 264 or the square root of its
period. Implementors are advised to use algorithms whose period is at
least 2127.
Methods are provided to perform a single jump operation and also to
produce a stream of generators produced from the original by iterative
copying and jumping of internal state. A typical strategy for a
multithreaded application is to create a single JumpableGenerator
object, calls its jump
() method exactly
once, and then parcel out generators from the resulting stream, one to
each thread. It is generally not a good idea to call
jump
() on a generator that was itself
produced by the jump
() method, because the
result may be a generator identical to another generator already produce
by that call to the jump
() method. For
this reason, the return type of the jumps
()
method is Stream<RandomGenerator>
rather than
Stream<JumpableGenerator>
, even though the actual generator
objects in that stream likely do also implement the
JumpableGenerator
interface.
Objects that implement JumpableGenerator
are typically not
cryptographically secure. Consider instead using SecureRandom
to
get a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator for use by
security-sensitive applications.
Summary
Public methods | |
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abstract
RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator
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copy()
Returns a new generator whose internal state is an exact copy of this generator (therefore their future behavior should be identical if subjected to the same series of operations). |
default
RandomGenerator
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copyAndJump()
Copy this generator, jump this generator forward, then return the copy. |
abstract
void
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jump()
Alter the state of this pseudorandom number generator so as to jump forward a large, fixed distance (typically 264 or more) within its state cycle. |
abstract
double
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jumpDistance()
Returns the distance by which the
|
default
Stream<RandomGenerator>
|
jumps(long streamSize)
Returns a stream producing the given |
default
Stream<RandomGenerator>
|
jumps()
Returns an effectively unlimited stream of new pseudorandom number
generators, each of which implements the |
static
RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator
|
of(String name)
Returns an instance of |
default
Stream<RandomGenerator>
|
rngs(long streamSize)
Returns a stream producing the given |
default
Stream<RandomGenerator>
|
rngs()
Returns an effectively unlimited stream of new pseudorandom number
generators, each of which implements the |
Inherited methods | |
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Public methods
copy
public abstract RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator copy ()
Returns a new generator whose internal state is an exact copy of this generator (therefore their future behavior should be identical if subjected to the same series of operations).
Returns | |
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RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator |
a new object that is a copy of this generator |
copyAndJump
public RandomGenerator copyAndJump ()
Copy this generator, jump this generator forward, then return the copy.
Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation copies this, jumps and then returns the copy.
Returns | |
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RandomGenerator |
a copy of this generator object before the jump occurred |
jump
public abstract void jump ()
Alter the state of this pseudorandom number generator so as to jump forward a large, fixed distance (typically 264 or more) within its state cycle.
jumpDistance
public abstract double jumpDistance ()
Returns the distance by which the
jump
() method will jump forward within
the state cycle of this generator object.
Returns | |
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double |
the default jump distance (as a double value) |
jumps
public Stream<RandomGenerator> jumps (long streamSize)
Returns a stream producing the given streamSize
number of new
pseudorandom number generators, each of which implements the
RandomGenerator
interface.
Implementation Requirements:
Parameters | |
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streamSize |
long : the number of generators to generate |
Returns | |
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Stream<RandomGenerator> |
a stream of objects that implement the RandomGenerator interface |
Throws | |
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IllegalArgumentException |
if streamSize is less than zero |
jumps
public Stream<RandomGenerator> jumps ()
Returns an effectively unlimited stream of new pseudorandom number
generators, each of which implements the RandomGenerator
interface.
Implementation Note:
- It is permitted to implement this method in a manner equivalent to
jumps
(Long.MAX_VALUE
).
Implementation Requirements:
Returns | |
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Stream<RandomGenerator> |
a stream of objects that implement the RandomGenerator interface |
of
public static RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator of (String name)
Returns an instance of JumpableGenerator
that utilizes the
name
algorithm.
Parameters | |
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name |
String : Name of random number generator
algorithm |
Returns | |
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RandomGenerator.JumpableGenerator |
An instance of JumpableGenerator |
Throws | |
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NullPointerException |
if name is null |
IllegalArgumentException |
if the named algorithm is not found |
rngs
public Stream<RandomGenerator> rngs (long streamSize)
Returns a stream producing the given streamSize
number of new
pseudorandom number generators, each of which implements the
RandomGenerator
interface. Ideally the generators in the
stream will appear to be statistically independent.
Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation calls
jumps
(streamSize).
Parameters | |
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streamSize |
long : the number of generators to generate |
Returns | |
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Stream<RandomGenerator> |
a stream of objects that implement the RandomGenerator interface |
Throws | |
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IllegalArgumentException |
if streamSize is less than zero |
rngs
public Stream<RandomGenerator> rngs ()
Returns an effectively unlimited stream of new pseudorandom number
generators, each of which implements the RandomGenerator
interface. Ideally the generators in the stream will appear to be
statistically independent.
Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation calls
jump
().
Returns | |
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Stream<RandomGenerator> |
a stream of objects that implement the RandomGenerator interface |