On 15 June 2013 15:49, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought 2.6 had such a class and we got rid of it.
2.6 had a class by the same name (so I've discovered since your mail), but it merely amalgamated the different random methods from Math and Random. I think this new class does exactly what is required from Commons Lang and adds functionality that is missing from the base classes. Duncan > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Duncan Jones <dun...@wortharead.com> wrote: > >> On 14 June 2013 07:55, Duncan Jones <dun...@wortharead.com> wrote: >> > On 13 June 2013 21:26, Phil Steitz wrote: >> >> On 6/13/13 1:03 AM, Duncan Jones wrote: >> <snip> >> > >> >> I am not sure where this little method would fit in [lang]; but it might >> >> make sense to add there in the simple form above (with RANDOM >> >> static, I assume). >> > >> > Indeed, I had assumed any addition to [lang] would just use a standard >> > source of randomness (i.e. a static Random or SecureRandom instance). >> > However, I'm struggling to see an existing class that could >> > accommodate the functionality and creating a new "RandomUtils" class >> > feels a bit heavyweight, unless others can think of additional methods >> > that would be useful. >> >> I gave it some further thought and realised there were some other >> methods that would prove useful in such a "RandomUtils" class. I've >> created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-900 and attached an >> implementation. I welcome comments. >> >> Duncan >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second > Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
