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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 1995, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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package java.util;
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import java.io.*;
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import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
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import sun.misc.Unsafe;
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/**
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 * An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of
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 * pseudorandom numbers. The class uses a 48-bit seed, which is
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 * modified using a linear congruential formula. (See Donald Knuth,
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 * <i>The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2</i>, Section 3.2.1.)
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 * <p>
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 * If two instances of {@code Random} are created with the same
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 * seed, and the same sequence of method calls is made for each, they
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 * will generate and return identical sequences of numbers. In order to
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 * guarantee this property, particular algorithms are specified for the
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 * class {@code Random}. Java implementations must use all the algorithms
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 * shown here for the class {@code Random}, for the sake of absolute
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 * portability of Java code. However, subclasses of class {@code Random}
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 * are permitted to use other algorithms, so long as they adhere to the
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 * general contracts for all the methods.
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 * <p>
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 * The algorithms implemented by class {@code Random} use a
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 * {@code protected} utility method that on each invocation can supply
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 * up to 32 pseudorandomly generated bits.
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 * <p>
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 * Many applications will find the method {@link Math#random} simpler to use.
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 *
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 * <p>Instances of {@code java.util.Random} are threadsafe.
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 * However, the concurrent use of the same {@code java.util.Random}
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 * instance across threads may encounter contention and consequent
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 * poor performance. Consider instead using
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 * {@link java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom} in multithreaded
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 * designs.
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 *
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 * <p>Instances of {@code java.util.Random} are not cryptographically
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 * secure.  Consider instead using {@link java.security.SecureRandom} to
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 * get a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator for use
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 * by security-sensitive applications.
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 *
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 * @author  Frank Yellin
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 * @since   1.0
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 */
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public
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class Random implements java.io.Serializable {
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    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1 for interoperability */
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    static final long serialVersionUID = 3905348978240129619L;
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    /**
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     * The internal state associated with this pseudorandom number generator.
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     * (The specs for the methods in this class describe the ongoing
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     * computation of this value.)
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     */
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    private final AtomicLong seed;
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    private static final long multiplier = 0x5DEECE66DL;
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    private static final long addend = 0xBL;
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    private static final long mask = (1L << 48) - 1;
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    /**
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     * Creates a new random number generator. This constructor sets
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     * the seed of the random number generator to a value very likely
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     * to be distinct from any other invocation of this constructor.
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     */
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    public Random() {
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        this(seedUniquifier() ^ System.nanoTime());
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    }
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    private static long seedUniquifier() {
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        // L'Ecuyer, "Tables of Linear Congruential Generators of
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        // Different Sizes and Good Lattice Structure", 1999
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        for (;;) {
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            long current = seedUniquifier.get();
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            long next = current * 181783497276652981L;
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            if (seedUniquifier.compareAndSet(current, next))
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                return next;
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        }
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    }
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    private static final AtomicLong seedUniquifier
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        = new AtomicLong(8682522807148012L);
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    /**
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     * Creates a new random number generator using a single {@code long} seed.
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     * The seed is the initial value of the internal state of the pseudorandom
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     * number generator which is maintained by method {@link #next}.
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     *
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     * <p>The invocation {@code new Random(seed)} is equivalent to:
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     *  <pre> {@code
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     * Random rnd = new Random();
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     * rnd.setSeed(seed);}</pre>
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     *
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     * @param seed the initial seed
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     * @see   #setSeed(long)
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     */
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    public Random(long seed) {
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        if (getClass() == Random.class)
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            this.seed = new AtomicLong(initialScramble(seed));
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        else {
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            // subclass might have overriden setSeed
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            this.seed = new AtomicLong();
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            setSeed(seed);
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        }
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    }
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    private static long initialScramble(long seed) {
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        return (seed ^ multiplier) & mask;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Sets the seed of this random number generator using a single
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     * {@code long} seed. The general contract of {@code setSeed} is
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     * that it alters the state of this random number generator object
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     * so as to be in exactly the same state as if it had just been
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     * created with the argument {@code seed} as a seed. The method
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     * {@code setSeed} is implemented by class {@code Random} by
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     * atomically updating the seed to
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     *  <pre>{@code (seed ^ 0x5DEECE66DL) & ((1L << 48) - 1)}</pre>
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     * and clearing the {@code haveNextNextGaussian} flag used by {@link
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     * #nextGaussian}.
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     *
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     * <p>The implementation of {@code setSeed} by class {@code Random}
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     * happens to use only 48 bits of the given seed. In general, however,
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     * an overriding method may use all 64 bits of the {@code long}
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     * argument as a seed value.
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     *
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     * @param seed the initial seed
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     */
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    synchronized public void setSeed(long seed) {
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        this.seed.set(initialScramble(seed));
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        haveNextNextGaussian = false;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Generates the next pseudorandom number. Subclasses should
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     * override this, as this is used by all other methods.
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     *
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     * <p>The general contract of {@code next} is that it returns an
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     * {@code int} value and if the argument {@code bits} is between
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     * {@code 1} and {@code 32} (inclusive), then that many low-order
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     * bits of the returned value will be (approximately) independently
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     * chosen bit values, each of which is (approximately) equally
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     * likely to be {@code 0} or {@code 1}. The method {@code next} is
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     * implemented by class {@code Random} by atomically updating the seed to
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     *  <pre>{@code (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1)}</pre>
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     * and returning
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     *  <pre>{@code (int)(seed >>> (48 - bits))}.</pre>
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     *
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     * This is a linear congruential pseudorandom number generator, as
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     * defined by D. H. Lehmer and described by Donald E. Knuth in
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     * <i>The Art of Computer Programming,</i> Volume 3:
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     * <i>Seminumerical Algorithms</i>, section 3.2.1.
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     *
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     * @param  bits random bits
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     * @return the next pseudorandom value from this random number
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     *         generator's sequence
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     * Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code int} value
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     * chosen bits, then the algorithm shown would choose {@code int}
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     * The algorithm is slightly tricky.  It rejects values that would result
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     * by n). The probability of a value being rejected depends on n.  The
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     * worst case is n=2^30+1, for which the probability of a reject is 1/2,
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     * and the expected number of iterations before the loop terminates is 2.
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     * <p>
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     * returns the correct number of high-order bits from the underlying
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     * pseudo-random number generator.  In the absence of special treatment,
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     * the correct number of <i>low-order</i> bits would be returned.  Linear
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     * sequence of values of their low-order bits.  Thus, this special case
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     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code long}
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     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code float}
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     * <p>The hedge "approximately" is used in the foregoing description only
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     * because the next method is only approximately an unbiased source of
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     * independently chosen bits. If it were a perfect source of randomly
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     * chosen bits, then the algorithm shown would choose {@code float}
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     * values from the stated range with perfect uniformity.<p>
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     * [In early versions of Java, the result was incorrectly calculated as:
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     *  <pre> {@code
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     *   return next(30) / ((float)(1 << 30));}</pre>
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     * This might seem to be equivalent, if not better, but in fact it
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     * introduced a slight nonuniformity because of the bias in the rounding
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     * of floating-point numbers: it was slightly more likely that the
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     * low-order bit of the significand would be 0 than that it would be 1.]
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     *
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     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code float}
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     *         value between {@code 0.0} and {@code 1.0} from this
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     *         random number generator's sequence
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    public float nextFloat() {
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    /**
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     * Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed
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     * {@code double} value between {@code 0.0} and
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     * {@code 1.0} from this random number generator's sequence.
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     *
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     * {@code double} value, chosen (approximately) uniformly from the
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     * range {@code 0.0d} (inclusive) to {@code 1.0d} (exclusive), is
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     * pseudorandomly generated and returned.
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     *
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     * <p>The method {@code nextDouble} is implemented by class {@code Random}
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     * as if by:
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     *  <pre> {@code
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     * public double nextDouble() {
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     *   return (((long)next(26) << 27) + next(27))
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     *     / (double)(1L << 53);
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     * }}</pre>
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     *
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     * <p>The hedge "approximately" is used in the foregoing description only
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     * because the {@code next} method is only approximately an unbiased
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     * source of independently chosen bits. If it were a perfect source of
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     * randomly chosen bits, then the algorithm shown would choose
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     * {@code double} values from the stated range with perfect uniformity.
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     * <p>[In early versions of Java, the result was incorrectly calculated as:
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     *  <pre> {@code
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     *   return (((long)next(27) << 27) + next(27))
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     *     / (double)(1L << 54);}</pre>
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     * This might seem to be equivalent, if not better, but in fact it
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     * introduced a large nonuniformity because of the bias in the rounding
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     * of floating-point numbers: it was three times as likely that the
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     * low-order bit of the significand would be 0 than that it would be 1!
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     * This nonuniformity probably doesn't matter much in practice, but we
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     * strive for perfection.]
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     *
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     * @return the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed {@code double}
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     *         value between {@code 0.0} and {@code 1.0} from this
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     *         random number generator's sequence
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     * @see Math#random
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     */
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    public double nextDouble() {
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        return (((long)(next(26)) << 27) + next(27))
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            / (double)(1L << 53);
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    private double nextNextGaussian;
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    /**
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     * Returns the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed
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     * {@code double} value with mean {@code 0.0} and standard
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     * deviation {@code 1.0} from this random number generator's sequence.
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     * <p>
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     * The general contract of {@code nextGaussian} is that one
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     * {@code double} value, chosen from (approximately) the usual
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     * normal distribution with mean {@code 0.0} and standard deviation
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     * {@code 1.0}, is pseudorandomly generated and returned.
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     *
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     * <p>The method {@code nextGaussian} is implemented by class
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     * {@code Random} as if by a threadsafe version of the following:
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     *  <pre> {@code
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     * private double nextNextGaussian;
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     * private boolean haveNextNextGaussian = false;
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     *
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     * public double nextGaussian() {
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     *   if (haveNextNextGaussian) {
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     *     haveNextNextGaussian = false;
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     *     return nextNextGaussian;
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     *   } else {
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     *     double v1, v2, s;
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     *     do {
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     *       v1 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1;   // between -1.0 and 1.0
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     *       v2 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1;   // between -1.0 and 1.0
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     *       s = v1 * v1 + v2 * v2;
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     *     } while (s >= 1 || s == 0);
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     *     double multiplier = StrictMath.sqrt(-2 * StrictMath.log(s)/s);
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     *     nextNextGaussian = v2 * multiplier;
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     *     haveNextNextGaussian = true;
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     *     return v1 * multiplier;
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     *   }
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     * }}</pre>
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     * This uses the <i>polar method</i> of G. E. P. Box, M. E. Muller, and
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     * G. Marsaglia, as described by Donald E. Knuth in <i>The Art of
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     * Computer Programming</i>, Volume 3: <i>Seminumerical Algorithms</i>,
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     * section 3.4.1, subsection C, algorithm P. Note that it generates two
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     * independent values at the cost of only one call to {@code StrictMath.log}
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     * and one call to {@code StrictMath.sqrt}.
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     *
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     * @return the next pseudorandom, Gaussian ("normally") distributed
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     *         {@code double} value with mean {@code 0.0} and
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     *         standard deviation {@code 1.0} from this random number
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     *         generator's sequence
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     */
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    synchronized public double nextGaussian() {
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        // See Knuth, ACP, Section 3.4.1 Algorithm C.
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        if (haveNextNextGaussian) {
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            haveNextNextGaussian = false;
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            return nextNextGaussian;
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        } else {
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            double v1, v2, s;
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            do {
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                v1 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // between -1 and 1
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                v2 = 2 * nextDouble() - 1; // between -1 and 1
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                s = v1 * v1 + v2 * v2;
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            } while (s >= 1 || s == 0);
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            double multiplier = StrictMath.sqrt(-2 * StrictMath.log(s)/s);
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            nextNextGaussian = v2 * multiplier;
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            haveNextNextGaussian = true;
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            return v1 * multiplier;
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        }
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    }
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    /**
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     * Serializable fields for Random.
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     *
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     * @serialField    seed long
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     *              seed for random computations
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     * @serialField    nextNextGaussian double
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     *              next Gaussian to be returned
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     * @serialField      haveNextNextGaussian boolean
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     *              nextNextGaussian is valid
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     */
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    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {
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        new ObjectStreamField("seed", Long.TYPE),
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        new ObjectStreamField("nextNextGaussian", Double.TYPE),
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        new ObjectStreamField("haveNextNextGaussian", Boolean.TYPE)
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    };
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     * Reconstitute the {@code Random} instance from a stream (that is,
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     * deserialize it).
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     */
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    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
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        throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
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        ObjectInputStream.GetField fields = s.readFields();
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        // The seed is read in as {@code long} for
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        // historical reasons, but it is converted to an AtomicLong.
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        long seedVal = fields.get("seed", -1L);
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        if (seedVal < 0)
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          throw new java.io.StreamCorruptedException(
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                              "Random: invalid seed");
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        resetSeed(seedVal);
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        nextNextGaussian = fields.get("nextNextGaussian", 0.0);
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        haveNextNextGaussian = fields.get("haveNextNextGaussian", false);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Save the {@code Random} instance to a stream.
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    synchronized private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s)
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        throws IOException {
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        // set the values of the Serializable fields
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        ObjectOutputStream.PutField fields = s.putFields();
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        // The seed is serialized as a long for historical reasons.
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        fields.put("seed", seed.get());
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        fields.put("nextNextGaussian", nextNextGaussian);
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        fields.put("haveNextNextGaussian", haveNextNextGaussian);
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        // save them
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        s.writeFields();
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    // Support for resetting seed while deserializing
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    private static final Unsafe unsafe = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
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    private static final long seedOffset;
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        try {
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            seedOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset
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                (Random.class.getDeclaredField("seed"));
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        } catch (Exception ex) { throw new Error(ex); }
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    }
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    private void resetSeed(long seedVal) {
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        unsafe.putObjectVolatile(this, seedOffset, new AtomicLong(seedVal));
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}