uk.ac.liv.prng
Class PRNGFactory

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.liv.prng.PRNGFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

MT, MT32

public abstract class PRNGFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory for constructing pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs). The default configuration is to use RngPack's implementation of the Mersenne Twister algorithm.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

Field Summary

protected static PRNGFactory

currentFactory

Constructor Summary

PRNGFactory()

Method Summary

abstract cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine	create()
abstract cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine	create(long seed)
abstract java.lang.String	getDescription()
static PRNGFactory	getFactory() Get the concrete factory.
static void	setup(ec.util.ParameterDatabase parameters, ec.util.Parameter base)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

currentFactory

protected static PRNGFactory currentFactory

Constructor Detail

PRNGFactory

public PRNGFactory()

Method Detail

setup

public static void setup(ec.util.ParameterDatabase parameters,
                         ec.util.Parameter base)

getFactory

public static PRNGFactory getFactory()

Get the concrete factory.

create

public abstract cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine create()

create

public abstract cern.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine create(long seed)

getDescription

public abstract java.lang.String getDescription()