/** * Description: For generating random numbers. * * Author Create/Modi Note * Xiaofeng Xie Feb 22, 2001 * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * Please acknowledge the author(s) if you use this code in any way. * * @version 1.0 * @Since MAOS1.0 */ package net.adaptivebox.global; import java.util.Random; import java.security.SecureRandom; public class RandomGenerator { /** * Pseudo-random number generator instance. */ private static Random PRNG = new Random(); /** * Switch between weaker, but faster pseudo-random number generator and * stronger, but slower. * * @param stronger activation of secure pseudo random generator flag */ public static void useStrongerGenerator(boolean stronger) { if(stronger == true) { PRNG = new SecureRandom(); } else { PRNG = new Random(); } } /** * This function returns a random integer number between the lowLimit and * upLimit. * * @param lowLimit lower limits upLimit The upper limits (between which the * random number is to be generated) * @return int return value Example: for find [0,1,2] */ public static int intRangeRandom(int lowLimit, int upLimit) { int num = lowLimit + PRNG.nextInt(upLimit - lowLimit + 1); return num; } /** * This function returns a random float number between the lowLimit and upLimit. * * @param lowLimit lower limits upLimit The upper limits (between which the * random number is to be generated) * @return double return value */ public static double doubleRangeRandom(double lowLimit, double upLimit) { double num = lowLimit + PRNG.nextDouble() * (upLimit - lowLimit); return num; } /** * This function returns a random float number between the zero (inclusive) and one (exclusive). * * @return double value in the range [0, 1) */ public static double doubleZeroOneRandom() { return PRNG.nextDouble(); } public static int[] randomSelection(int maxNum, int times) { if (maxNum < 0) { maxNum = 0; } if (times < 0) { times = 0; } int[] all = new int[maxNum]; for (int i = 0; i < all.length; i++) { all[i] = i; } /* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle */ int[] indices = new int[Math.min(maxNum, times)]; for (int i = 0, j, value; i < indices.length; i++) { j = intRangeRandom(i, all.length - 1); value = all[j]; all[j] = all[i]; indices[i] = all[i] = value; } return indices; } }