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package org.apache.commons.math3.random;

/**
 * Interface extracted from <code>java.util.Random</code>. This interface is implemented by {@link
 * AbstractRandomGenerator}.
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface RandomGenerator {

    /**
     * Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an <code>int</code> seed.
     *
     * <p>Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.
     *
     * @param seed the seed value
     */
    void setSeed(int seed);

    /**
     * Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using an <code>int</code> array seed.
     *
     * <p>Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.
     *
     * @param seed the seed value
     */
    void setSeed(int[] seed);

    /**
     * Sets the seed of the underlying random number generator using a <code>long</code> seed.
     *
     * <p>Sequences of values generated starting with the same seeds should be identical.
     *
     * @param seed the seed value
     */
    void setSeed(long seed);

    /**
     * Generates random bytes and places them into a user-supplied byte array. The number of random
     * bytes produced is equal to the length of the byte array.
     *
     * @param bytes the non-null byte array in which to put the random bytes
     */
    void nextBytes(byte[] bytes);

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>int</code> value from this random
     * number generator's sequence. All 2<font size="-1"><sup>32</sup></font> possible {@code int}
     * values should be produced with (approximately) equal probability.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>int</code> value from this random
     *     number generator's sequence
     */
    int nextInt();

    /**
     * Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code int} value between 0 (inclusive) and the
     * specified value (exclusive), drawn from this random number generator's sequence.
     *
     * @param n the bound on the random number to be returned. Must be positive.
     * @return a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code int} value between 0 (inclusive) and n
     *     (exclusive).
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if n is not positive.
     */
    int nextInt(int n);

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>long</code> value from this random
     * number generator's sequence. All 2<font size="-1"><sup>64</sup></font> possible {@code long}
     * values should be produced with (approximately) equal probability.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>long</code> value from this random
     *     number generator's sequence
     */
    long nextLong();

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>boolean</code> value from this
     * random number generator's sequence.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>boolean</code> value from this
     *     random number generator's sequence
     */
    boolean nextBoolean();

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>float</code> value between <code>
     * 0.0</code> and <code>1.0</code> from this random number generator's sequence.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>float</code> value between <code>
     *     0.0</code> and <code>1.0</code> from this random number generator's sequence
     */
    float nextFloat();

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>double</code> value between <code>
     * 0.0</code> and <code>1.0</code> from this random number generator's sequence.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed <code>double</code> value between <code>
     *     0.0</code> and <code>1.0</code> from this random number generator's sequence
     */
    double nextDouble();

    /**
     * Returns the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed <code>double</code> value
     * with mean <code>0.0</code> and standard deviation <code>1.0</code> from this random number
     * generator's sequence.
     *
     * @return the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed <code>double</code> value
     *     with mean <code>0.0</code> and standard deviation <code>1.0</code> from this random
     *     number generator's sequence
     */
    double nextGaussian();
}