Class RandNumGenerator

java.lang.Object
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public class RandNumGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

AP® Computer Science Marine Biology Simulation:
The RandNumGenerator class provides a singleton java.util.Random object for random number generation. Using this class, many different objects can share a single source of random numbers. This eliminates the potential problem of having multiple random number generators generating sequences of numbers that are too similar.

Example of how to use RandNumGenerator:

       import java.util.Random;

       Random randNumGen = RandNumGenerator.getInstance();
       int randomNum = randNumGen.nextInt(4);
       double randomDouble = randNumGen.nextDouble();
    

The RandNumGenerator class is copyright© 2002 College Entrance Examination Board (www.collegeboard.com).

Version:

1 July 2002

See Also:

Random

Constructor Summary

RandNumGenerator()

Method Summary

static java.util.Random

getInstance() Returns a random number generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RandNumGenerator

public RandNumGenerator()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static java.util.Random getInstance()

Returns a random number generator. Always returns the same Random object to provide a better sequence of random numbers.