While starting to read "Effective Java™, Second Edition", there is mention of the method BigInteger.probablePrime() which was added in 1.4.2 time frame...
I understand the need to specifiy how big a number in the bit length and maybe there is something I'm missing, but what is the purpose of BigInteger.probablePrime? Why return a number that may or may not be Prime? If anyone has any additional guidance on this I would love to hear the details... Eric Reference: - http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/math/BigInteger.html#probablePrime(int,%20java.util.Random) - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2882147/generating-exactly-prime-number-with-java -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
