IRndmEngine Class Reference

#include <GaudiKernel/IRndmEngine.h>

Inheritance diagram for IRndmEngine:

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Detailed Description

Definition of a interface for a generic random number generator giving randomly distributed numbers in the range [0.

..1] number generators.

Definition at line 23 of file IRndmEngine.h.


Public Member Functions
virtual double	rndm () const =0
	Single shot returning single random number.
virtual StatusCode	rndmArray (std::vector< double > &array, long howmany, long start=0) const =0
	Multiple shots returning vector with flat random numbers.
virtual StatusCode	setSeeds (const std::vector< long > &seeds)=0
	Allow to set new seeds.
virtual StatusCode	seeds (std::vector< long > &seeds) const =0
	Allow to retrieve seeds.
Static Public Member Functions
static const InterfaceID &	interfaceID ()
	Retrieve interface ID.

static const InterfaceID& IRndmEngine::interfaceID ( ) [inline, static]

Retrieve interface ID.

Reimplemented from IInterface.

Definition at line 26 of file IRndmEngine.h.

00026 { return IID_IRndmEngine; }

virtual double IRndmEngine::rndm ( ) const [pure virtual]

Single shot returning single random number.

virtual StatusCode IRndmEngine::rndmArray	(	std::vector< double > &	array,
		long	howmany,
		long	start = `0`
	)			const `[pure virtual]`

Multiple shots returning vector with flat random numbers.

Parameters:

	array	Array containing random numbers
	howmany	fill 'howmany' random numbers into array
	start	... starting at position start

Implemented in RndmEngine, and RndmGenSvc.

virtual StatusCode IRndmEngine::setSeeds ( const std::vector< long > & seeds ) [pure virtual]

Allow to set new seeds.

virtual StatusCode IRndmEngine::seeds ( std::vector< long > & seeds ) const [pure virtual]

Allow to retrieve seeds.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

/afs/cern.ch/sw/Gaudi/releases/GAUDI/GAUDI_v20r4/GaudiKernel/GaudiKernel/IRndmEngine.h

	Gaudi Framework, version v20r4
	Generated: 8 Jan 2009