Re: [jira] [Commented] (MATH-963) Interface "RandomGenerator" is missing "nextLong(long)" method

[Phil Steitz <ph...@gmail.com>]

This discussion should be on the mailing list.

On 4/5/13 3:20 AM, Gilles (JIRA) wrote:
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> Gilles commented on MATH-963:
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> bq. [...] you can use a RandomAdaptor. That is really what led to tearing off the interface from Random.
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> If, as it looks like, "RandomAdaptor" is a bridge from "RandomGenerator" to "j.u.Random", it does not need to implement the "RandomGenerator" API.

Look at what the adaptor does.  It wraps a RandomGenerator.  It
makes it possible to make the underlying PRNG pluggable in apps that
use j.u.Random.
> This is what a bridge is for: change from one API to another. Hence, it is also not necessary to mimic the target API.
>
> If "RandomGenerator" were an abstract class, you'd be able to use it in the same way with "RandomAdaptor".
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> It seems that the purpose of "RandomAdaptor" being also a "RandomGenerator" is for the _same_ object reference to be passed both to code that expects a "j.u.Random" and to code that expects a "RandomGenerator".
> I find it better to not mix the two types in this way.
>
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>> Interface "RandomGenerator" is missing "nextLong(long)" method
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>>                 Key: MATH-963
>>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-963
>>             Project: Commons Math
>>          Issue Type: Bug
>>    Affects Versions: 3.2
>>            Reporter: Gilles
>>            Priority: Trivial
>>              Labels: api-change
>>
>> There is a method "nextInt(int)" but not "nextLong(long)".
>> The "BitsStreamGenerator" class already implements it.
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