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/* * @(#)RandomUtil.java 1.0 Apr 26, 2008 * * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2008 Malachi de AElfweald <malachid@gmail.com> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ //package org.eoti.math; import java.math.BigInteger; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Random; import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock; public class RandomUtil { protected static ReentrantLock singletonLock = new ReentrantLock(); protected static RandomUtil singleton; public static RandomUtil getInstance() { // If singleton != null, then just return it (don't lock READ) if (singleton == null) { // don't let more that one person create the singleton singletonLock.lock(); // if we were waiting for a lock, then someone else already made it if (singleton == null) singleton = new RandomUtil(); singletonLock.unlock(); } return singleton; } protected RandomUtil() { random = new Random((new Date()).getTime()); } protected Random random; public static int randInt(int maxNumExclusive) { return getInstance().random.nextInt(maxNumExclusive); } public static BigInteger randomBitFlip(BigInteger n) { if (n.equals(BigInteger.ONE)) return BigInteger.ONE; if (n.equals(BigInteger.ZERO)) return BigInteger.ZERO; BigInteger toRet = BigInteger.ONE; while (toRet.equals(BigInteger.ONE) || toRet.equals(BigInteger.ZERO)) { byte[] bytes = n.toByteArray(); getInstance().random.nextBytes(bytes); // could allow up to maxExclusive by converting and checking value // but this is faster, even if it doesn't give us full range bytes[0] = 0; toRet = new BigInteger(bytes); } return toRet; } }