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Gilles commented on RNG-19:
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"Utils" classes are out of favour these days...
{quote}{{RandomSource}}
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Doesn't feel quite right as it is unrelated to the main purpose of that class
(which is to hold a list of the algorithms implemented within this library).
How about a new {{JDKRandomWrapper}} class ([along the {{JDKRandomBridge}}
class|https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-rng.git;a=tree;f=commons-rng-simple/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rng/simple])?
> System generator (/dev/random)
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> Key: RNG-19
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-19
> Project: Commons RNG
> Issue Type: Wish
> Reporter: Emmanuel Bourg
> Priority: Minor
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> Commons RNG could include a random number generator based on the output of
> /dev/random or /dev/urandom on Unix systems.
> Commons Crypto has an implementation that could be used as a starting point:
> https://github.com/apache/commons-crypto/blob/master/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/crypto/random/OsCryptoRandom.java
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