Gilles created MATH-1307:
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Summary: Create a base class for all RNGs
Key: MATH-1307
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-1307
Project: Commons Math
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Gilles
Assignee: Gilles
Priority: Minor
Fix For: 4.0
I proposed to create a base class which the existing abstract classes
{{AbstractRandomGenerator}} and {{BitsStreamGenerator}} will extend.
This would allow to define {{nextBytes(byte[])}} at the base class level.
The code for that method is almost identical in the two hierarchies: they only
differ in a call to either {{nextInt()}} or {{next(32)}} respectively; the
latter is however the same as the former, in disguise, and is not subject to
change given the type of return value.
As a corollary, the new base class can be the unique place where to add
utilities such as the one proposed in MATH-1306.
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