On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> Hi Gary.
>
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:10:57 -0700, Gary Gregory wrote:
>
>> For example, I have a enum like:
>>
>> public enum CardinalDirection (NORTH,SOUTH,EAST,WEST)
>>
>> and I want to say
>>
>> traveler.travel(nextRandomDirection());
>>
>> where
>>
>> public CardinalDirection nextRandomDirection() {
>> return rng.next(CardinalDirection.class);
>> }
>>
>
> Actually, "Commons RNG" already provides all the necessary functionality
> for a one-liner:
>
> ---CUT---
> import java.util.Arrays;
> import org.apache.commons.rng.simple.RandomSource;
> import org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.CollectionSampler;
>
> CollectionSampler<CardinalDirection> r
> = new CollectionSampler<>(RandomSource.create(RandomSource.SPLIT_
> MIX_64),
> Arrays.asList(CardinalDirection.values()));
>
> CardinalDirection e = r.sample();
> ---CUT---
>
Very nice, thank you.
I can see a wrapper for this boilerplate though:
public class RandomEnum<E> {
private final Class<E> enumClass;
private final CollectionSampler<CellDirection> rng;
public RandomEnum(final Class<E> enumClass) {
super();
this.enumClass = enumClass;
this.rng = new
CollectionSampler<>(RandomSource.create(RandomSource.SPLIT_MIX_64),
Arrays.asList(CellDirection.values()));
}
public CellDirection next() {
return rng.sample();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "RandomEnum [rng=" + rng + ", enumClass=" + enumClass + "]";
}
}
Gary
>
> Cheers,
> Gilles
>
>
>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Amey Jadiye <ameyjad...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What's usecase for this BTW ? Might be unaware about requirement but this
>>> forced me to think why would someone need random enum ?
>>>
>>> Enums are generally "limited" immutable constants and people choose enum
>>> over the array of constants for good reason, however random provider
>>> seems
>>> best suited for choosing value from any Data-Structure holding "lot" of
>>> values.
>>>
>>> I think it's little weird but I would be happy if someone explain
>>> advantages. :-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Amey
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017, 11:17 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > Any thoughts on generation when you want to the domain to be an enum?
>>> >
>>> > SomeEnum e = UniformRandomProvider.next(SomeEnum);
>>> >
>>> > ?
>>> >
>>> > Is that too weird for this component?
>>> >
>>> > Gary
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>
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