distrib.h

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#ifndef _H_SST_CORE_RNG_DISTRIB
#define _H_SST_CORE_RNG_DISTRIB


namespace SST {
namespace RNG {

/**
 * \class SSTRandomDistribution
 * Base class of statistical distributions in SST.
 */
class SSTRandomDistribution {

        public:
                /**
                        Obtains the next double from the distribution
                        \return The next double in the distribution being sampled
                */
                virtual double getNextDouble() = 0;

                /** 
                        Destroys the distribution
                */
                virtual ~SSTRandomDistribution() {};

                /**
                        Creates the base (abstract) class of a distribution
                */
                SSTRandomDistribution() {};

};

}
}

#endif