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/* Random.java -- a pseudo-random number generator
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package java.util;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * This class generates pseudorandom numbers.  It uses the same
 * algorithm as the original JDK-class, so that your programs behave
 * exactly the same way, if started with the same seed.
 *
 * The algorithm is described in <em>The Art of Computer Programming,
 * Volume 2</em> by Donald Knuth in Section 3.2.1.  It is a 48-bit seed,
 * linear congruential formula.
 *
 * If two instances of this class are created with the same seed and
 * the same calls to these classes are made, they behave exactly the
 * same way.  This should be even true for foreign implementations
 * (like this), so every port must use the same algorithm as described
 * here.
 *
 * If you want to implement your own pseudorandom algorithm, you
 * should extend this class and overload the <code>next()</code> and
 * <code>setSeed(long)</code> method.  In that case the above
 * paragraph doesn't apply to you.
 *
 * This class shouldn't be used for security sensitive purposes (like
 * generating passwords or encryption keys.  See <code>SecureRandom</code>
 * in package <code>java.security</code> for this purpose.
 *
 * For simple random doubles between 0.0 and 1.0, you may consider using
 * Math.random instead.
 *
 * @see java.security.SecureRandom
 * @see Math#random()
 * @author Jochen Hoenicke
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class Random implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * True if the next nextGaussian is available.  This is used by
   * nextGaussian, which generates two gaussian numbers by one call,
   * and returns the second on the second call.
   *
   * @serial whether nextNextGaussian is available
   * @see #nextGaussian()
   * @see #nextNextGaussian
   */
  private boolean haveNextNextGaussian;

  /**
   * The next nextGaussian, when available.  This is used by nextGaussian,
   * which generates two gaussian numbers by one call, and returns the
   * second on the second call.
   *
   * @serial the second gaussian of a pair
   * @see #nextGaussian()
   * @see #haveNextNextGaussian
   */
  private double nextNextGaussian;

  /**
   * The seed.  This is the number set by setSeed and which is used
   * in next.
   *
   * @serial the internal state of this generator
   * @see #next(int)
   */
  private long seed;

  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 3905348978240129619L;

  /**
   * Creates a new pseudorandom number generator.  The seed is initialized
   * to the current time, as if by
   * <code>setSeed(System.currentTimeMillis());</code>.
   *
   * @see System#currentTimeMillis()
   */
  public Random()
  {
    this(System.currentTimeMillis());
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new pseudorandom number generator, starting with the
   * specified seed, using <code>setSeed(seed);</code>.
   *
   * @param seed the initial seed
   */
  public Random(long seed)
  {
    setSeed(seed);
  }

  /**
   * Sets the seed for this pseudorandom number generator.  As described
   * above, two instances of the same random class, starting with the
   * same seed, should produce the same results, if the same methods
   * are called.  The implementation for java.util.Random is:
   *
<pre>public synchronized void setSeed(long seed)
{
  this.seed = (seed ^ 0x5DEECE66DL) & ((1L &lt;&lt; 48) - 1);
  haveNextNextGaussian = false;
}</pre>
   *
   * @param seed the new seed
   */
  public synchronized void setSeed(long seed)
  {
    this.seed = (seed ^ 0x5DEECE66DL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);
    haveNextNextGaussian = false;
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom number.  This returns
   * an int value whose <code>bits</code> low order bits are
   * independent chosen random bits (0 and 1 are equally likely).
   * The implementation for java.util.Random is:
   *
<pre>protected synchronized int next(int bits)
{
  seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L &lt;&lt; 48) - 1);
  return (int) (seed &gt;&gt;&gt; (48 - bits));
}</pre>
   *
   * @param bits the number of random bits to generate, in the range 1..32
   * @return the next pseudorandom value
   * @since 1.1
   */
  protected synchronized int next(int bits)
  {
    seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);
    return (int) (seed >>> (48 - bits));
  }

  /**
   * Fills an array of bytes with random numbers.  All possible values
   * are (approximately) equally likely.
   * The JDK documentation gives no implementation, but it seems to be:
   *
<pre>public void nextBytes(byte[] bytes)
{
  for (int i = 0; i &lt; bytes.length; i += 4)
  {
    int random = next(32);
    for (int j = 0; i + j &lt; bytes.length && j &lt; 4; j++)
    {
      bytes[i+j] = (byte) (random & 0xff)
      random &gt;&gt;= 8;
    }
  }
}</pre>
   *
   * @param bytes the byte array that should be filled
   * @throws NullPointerException if bytes is null
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public void nextBytes(byte[] bytes)
  {
    int random;
    // Do a little bit unrolling of the above algorithm.
    int max = bytes.length & ~0x3;
    for (int i = 0; i < max; i += 4)
      {
        random = next(32);
        bytes[i] = (byte) random;
        bytes[i + 1] = (byte) (random >> 8);
        bytes[i + 2] = (byte) (random >> 16);
        bytes[i + 3] = (byte) (random >> 24);
      }
    if (max < bytes.length)
      {
        random = next(32);
        for (int j = max; j < bytes.length; j++)
          {
            bytes[j] = (byte) random;
            random >>= 8;
          }
      }
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom number.  This returns
   * an int value whose 32 bits are independent chosen random bits
   * (0 and 1 are equally likely).  The implementation for
   * java.util.Random is:
   *
<pre>public int nextInt()
{
  return next(32);
}</pre>
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom value
   */
  public int nextInt()
  {
    return next(32);
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom number.  This returns
   * a value between 0(inclusive) and <code>n</code>(exclusive), and
   * each value has the same likelihodd (1/<code>n</code>).
   * (0 and 1 are equally likely).  The implementation for
   * java.util.Random is:
   *
<pre>
public int nextInt(int n)
{
  if (n &lt;= 0)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("n must be positive");

  if ((n & -n) == n)  // i.e., n is a power of 2
    return (int)((n * (long) next(31)) &gt;&gt; 31);

  int bits, val;
  do
  {
    bits = next(31);
    val = bits % n;
  }
  while(bits - val + (n-1) &lt; 0);

  return val;
}</pre>
   *
   * <p>This algorithm would return every value with exactly the same
   * probability, if the next()-method would be a perfect random number
   * generator.
   *
   * The loop at the bottom only accepts a value, if the random
   * number was between 0 and the highest number less then 1<<31,
   * which is divisible by n.  The probability for this is high for small
   * n, and the worst case is 1/2 (for n=(1<<30)+1).
   *
   * The special treatment for n = power of 2, selects the high bits of
   * the random number (the loop at the bottom would select the low order
   * bits).  This is done, because the low order bits of linear congruential
   * number generators (like the one used in this class) are known to be
   * ``less random'' than the high order bits.
   *
   * @param n the upper bound
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given upper bound is negative
   * @return the next pseudorandom value
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public int nextInt(int n)
  {
    if (n <= 0)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("n must be positive");
    if ((n & -n) == n) // i.e., n is a power of 2
      return (int) ((n * (long) next(31)) >> 31);
    int bits, val;
    do
      {
        bits = next(31);
        val = bits % n;
      }
    while (bits - val + (n - 1) < 0);
    return val;
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom long number.  All bits of this
   * long are independently chosen and 0 and 1 have equal likelihood.
   * The implementation for java.util.Random is:
   *
<pre>public long nextLong()
{
  return ((long) next(32) &lt;&lt; 32) + next(32);
}</pre>
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom value
   */
  public long nextLong()
  {
    return ((long) next(32) << 32) + next(32);
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom boolean.  True and false have
   * the same probability.  The implementation is:
   *
<pre>public boolean nextBoolean()
{
  return next(1) != 0;
}</pre>
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom boolean
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public boolean nextBoolean()
  {
    return next(1) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom float uniformly distributed
   * between 0.0f (inclusive) and 1.0f (exclusive).  The
   * implementation is as follows.
   *
<pre>public float nextFloat()
{
  return next(24) / ((float)(1 &lt;&lt; 24));
}</pre>
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom float
   */
  public float nextFloat()
  {
    return next(24) / (float) (1 << 24);
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom double uniformly distributed
   * between 0.0 (inclusive) and 1.0 (exclusive).  The
   * implementation is as follows.
   *
<pre>public double nextDouble()
{
  return (((long) next(26) &lt;&lt; 27) + next(27)) / (double)(1L &lt;&lt; 53);
}</pre>
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom double
   */
  public double nextDouble()
  {
    return (((long) next(26) << 27) + next(27)) / (double) (1L << 53);
  }

  /**
   * Generates the next pseudorandom, Gaussian (normally) distributed
   * double value, with mean 0.0 and standard deviation 1.0.
   * The algorithm is as follows.
   *
<pre>public synchronized double nextGaussian()
{
  if (haveNextNextGaussian)
  {
    haveNextNextGaussian = false;
    return nextNextGaussian;
  }
  else
  {
    double v1, v2, s;
    do
    {
      v1 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // between -1.0 and 1.0
      v2 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // between -1.0 and 1.0
      s = v1 * v1 + v2 * v2;
    }
    while (s >= 1);

    double norm = Math.sqrt(-2 * Math.log(s) / s);
    nextNextGaussian = v2 * norm;
    haveNextNextGaussian = true;
    return v1 * norm;
  }
}</pre>
   *
   * <p>This is described in section 3.4.1 of <em>The Art of Computer
   * Programming, Volume 2</em> by Donald Knuth.
   *
   * @return the next pseudorandom Gaussian distributed double
   */
  public synchronized double nextGaussian()
  {
    if (haveNextNextGaussian)
      {
        haveNextNextGaussian = false;
        return nextNextGaussian;
      }
    double v1, v2, s;
    do
      {
        v1 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // Between -1.0 and 1.0.
        v2 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // Between -1.0 and 1.0.
        s = v1 * v1 + v2 * v2;
      }
    while (s >= 1);
    double norm = Math.sqrt(-2 * Math.log(s) / s);
    nextNextGaussian = v2 * norm;
    haveNextNextGaussian = true;
    return v1 * norm;
  }
}