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Gilles commented on MATH-1348:
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Available on branch "feature-MATH-1158".
This feature is broken (see Javadoc), as this class only exists to serve as a
compatible _interface_.
Since {{Random}} is a class, not an interface, inheritance was necessary; but
no inherited implementation is actually used: neither the "core" RNG (method
{{next(int bits)}}) nor any of the methods that create other Java types from
the generated bits.
> Provide an adaptor that is a subclass of "java.util.Random"
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>
> Key: MATH-1348
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-1348
> Project: Commons Math
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Reporter: Gilles
> Assignee: Gilles
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: api, compatibility
> Fix For: 4.0
>
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> Some utilities of the JDK require a {{java.util.Random}} as an argument (e.g.
> method "shuffle" in {{java.util.Collections}}.
> In order to use such utilities but with the actual RNG delegated to
> alternative algorithms (i.e. those provided in CM), we have to extend
> {{Random}}, overriding all the generation methods.
> The adaptor will be similar to {{o.a.c.m.random.RandomAdaptor}} but for
> {{o.a.c.m.rng.UniformRandomProvider}} instead of
> {{o.a.c.m.random.RandomGenerator}}.
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