SST 12.1.0
Structural Simulation Toolkit
rng.h
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11
12#ifndef SST_CORE_RNG_RNG_H
13#define SST_CORE_RNG_RNG_H
14
15#include <stdint.h>
16
17namespace SST {
18namespace RNG {
19
20/**
21 \class Random rng.h "sst/core/rng/rng.h"
22
23 Implements the base class for random number generators for the SST core. This does not
24 implement an actual RNG itself only the base class which describes the methods each
25 class will implement.
26*/
27class Random
28{
29
30public:
31 /**
32 Generates the next random number in the range [0,1).
33 */
34 virtual double nextUniform() = 0;
35
36 /**
37 Generates the next random number as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
38 */
39 virtual uint32_t generateNextUInt32() = 0;
40
41 /**
42 Generates the next random number as an unsigned 64-bit integer.
43 */
44 virtual uint64_t generateNextUInt64() = 0;
45
46 /**
47 Generates the next random number as a signed 64-bit integer.
48 */
49 virtual int64_t generateNextInt64() = 0;
50
51 /**
52 Generates the next random number as a signed 32-bit integer
53 */
54 virtual int32_t generateNextInt32() = 0;
55
56 /**
57 Destroys the random number generator
58 */
59 virtual ~Random() {}
60};
61
62} // namespace RNG
63} // namespace SST
64
65#endif // SST_CORE_RNG_RNG_H
Implements the base class for random number generators for the SST core.
Definition: rng.h:28
virtual double nextUniform()=0
Generates the next random number in the range [0,1).
virtual uint32_t generateNextUInt32()=0
Generates the next random number as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
virtual uint64_t generateNextUInt64()=0
Generates the next random number as an unsigned 64-bit integer.
virtual int32_t generateNextInt32()=0
Generates the next random number as a signed 32-bit integer.
virtual int64_t generateNextInt64()=0
Generates the next random number as a signed 64-bit integer.
virtual ~Random()
Destroys the random number generator.
Definition: rng.h:59