Le 26/09/2016 à 18:33, Gilles a écrit : > As I suggested previously on this list, I'm going to request > a new "git" repository for implementing utilities based on > random generators.
I suggest waiting until RNG 1.0 is out and we have a clearer view of the scope of the components. We can still experiment with "rng-tools" on a separate branch or with a Maven module in the same repository. > First candidates are: > * Non-uniform deviates (i.e. the samplers now defined in > Commons Math's "o.a.c.math4.distribution" package), I agree this doesn't belong to commons-rng, but I'm not convinced it would fit a commons-rng-tools component. Maybe a component more targeted toward statistic algorithms? > * Shuffling algorithm (cf. Commons Math's "o.a.c.m.MathArrays"), This should go in the ArrayUtils class of commons-lang, with a java.util.Random parameter. > * Data generation (e.g. random strings, currently defined in > Commons Math's "o.a.c.m.random.RandomUtils"), I'm not familiar with this, it looks linked to the distribution stuff. > * Syntactic sugar (e.g. strongly-type factory methods, as > suggested by Emmanuel during the RC1 vote), Having two different factories in two different components for the same objects is odd. I prefer only one factory. > * Bridge/wrappers (as suggested by Emmanuel in RNG-19, on JIRA). A mere random generator should be in commons-rng. And the java.util.Random bridge also belongs to commons-rng in my opinion, that's similar to the methods converting from/to java.util.Properties in commons-configuration. Emmanuel Bourg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
