IRndmEngine Class Reference

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

#include <GaudiKernel/IRndmEngine.h>

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List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	DeclareInterfaceID (IRndmEngine, 2, 0)
	InterfaceID.
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.

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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.

Author:

M.Frank

Version:

1.0

Definition at line 20 of file IRndmEngine.h.

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Member Function Documentation

IRndmEngine::DeclareInterfaceID	(	IRndmEngine	,
		2	,
		0
	)

InterfaceID.

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

Returns:

StatusCode indicating failure or success.

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.

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

• /afs/cern.ch/sw/Gaudi/releases/GAUDI/GAUDI_v21r8/GaudiKernel/GaudiKernel/IRndmEngine.h