I would expect that we provide implementations of this new interface for
all JRE random classes.
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:55:34 +0200, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> If not, then random utilities are not best located in Commons Lang,
>>> because indeed the no-dep requirement forces you to go through
>>> "java.util.Random" which is bad (TM) for several reasons, mentioned
>>> here, there, and everywhere.
>>>
>>
>> I agree that RNG could be removed from CL (Binary compatibility
>> considerations left aside). However, rather than introducing
>> unnecessary dependencies, one would instead use an RNG interface, with
>> an ovious default implementation. In other words, if "Joe Average
>> Random" (aka Gilles) wants to use Commons RNG, he's perfectly capable
>> to do so.
>>
>>
> Do you mean that CL must define its own interface, say
>
> interface CommonsLangRandom {
> int nextInt();
> long nextong();
> double nextDouble();
> // and so on.
> }
>
> and that it's up to the user to create the bridge for delegating
> to the library of his choice?
>
> So, in _user_ code:
>
> CommonsLangRandom asCLRandom(final java.util.Random rand) {
> return new CommonsLangRandom() {
> public nextInt() {
> return rand.nextInt();
> }
> }
> }
>
> and/or
>
> CommonsLangRandom asCLRandom(final UniformRandomProvider rand) {
> return new CommonsLangRandom() {
> public nextInt() {
> return rand.nextInt();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> That's the way how you design low level libraries.
>>
>
> That's seems a good compromise if CL is indeed the low-level
> libray it purports to be.
>
>
> Gilles
>
>
>> Jochen
>>
>
>
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