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- /* Interface for Objective-C object providing randoms in uniform distribution
- Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- Written by: R. Andrew McCallum <mccallum@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: May 1993
-
- This file is part of the GNU Objective C Class Library.
-
- This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
- #ifndef __Random_h_INCLUDE_GNU
- #define __Random_h_INCLUDE_GNU
-
- #include <objects/stdobjects.h>
- #include <objects/RandomGenerating.h>
-
- @interface Random : Object
- {
- id <RandomGenerating> rng;
- }
-
- + initialize;
- + (id <RandomGenerating>) defaultRandomGeneratorClass;
- + setDefaultRandomGeneratorClass: (id <RandomGenerating>)aRNG;
-
- + (float) chiSquareOfRandomGenerator: (id <RandomGenerating>)aRNG
- iterations: (int)n
- range: (long)r;
- + (float) chiSquareOfRandomGenerator: (id <RandomGenerating>)aRNG;
-
- - init;
-
- - setRandomSeedFromClock;
- - setRandomSeed: (long)seed;
-
- - (long) randomInt;
- - (long) randomIntBetween: (long)lowBound and: (long)highBound;
- - (long) randomDie: (long)numSides; /* between 0 and numSides-1 */
-
- - (BOOL) randomCoin;
- - (BOOL) randomCoinWithProbability: (double)p;
-
- - (float) randomFloat;
- - (float) randomFloatBetween: (float)lowBound and: (float)highBound;
- - (float) randomFloatProbability;
-
- - (double) randomDouble;
- - (double) randomDoubleBetween: (double)lowBound and: (double)highBound;
- - (double) randomDoubleProbability;
-
- - read: (TypedStream*)aStream;
- - write: (TypedStream*)aStream;
-
- @end
-
- #endif /* __Random_h_INCLUDE_GNU */
-