vl::Random Class Reference

Cryptographic random number generator. More...

#include <Random.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for vl::Random:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Random ()
	Constructor.
virtual	~Random ()
	Destructor.
virtual bool	fillRandom (void *ptr, size_t bytes) const
	Fills the specified buffer with random data generated using the best quality random number generation facilities available.
void	fillRandomMersenneTwister (void *ptr, size_t bytes) const
	Fills the specified buffer with random data generated using a defMersienneTwister().

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Detailed Description

Cryptographic random number generator.

For non-ryptographic fast and high quality random number generation use vl::MersenneTwister.

Definition at line 41 of file Random.hpp.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Random::Random

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Constructor.

Definition at line 45 of file Random.cpp.

References NULL, and VL_DEBUG_SET_OBJECT_NAME.

Random::~Random

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[virtual]

Destructor.

Definition at line 57 of file Random.cpp.

References NULL.

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Member Function Documentation

bool Random::fillRandom	(	void *	ptr,
		size_t	bytes
	)		const [virtual]

Fills the specified buffer with random data generated using the best quality random number generation facilities available.

Under Windows (including MinGW) CryptGenRandom is used, while under Unix-like operating systems /dev/urandom is used. If no special random number generation facility is detected the function falls back to use a MersenneTwister.

Returns:

This method returns false if the function had to fallback to MersenneTwister otherwise returns true.

Definition at line 74 of file Random.cpp.

References fillRandomMersenneTwister().

Referenced by vl::UUID::generateVersion4().

void Random::fillRandomMersenneTwister	(	void *	ptr,
		size_t	bytes
	)		const

Fills the specified buffer with random data generated using a defMersienneTwister().

MersienneTwister produces high quality random number and can be much faster than fillRandom().

Definition at line 98 of file Random.cpp.

References vl::defMersenneTwister(), and vl::MersenneTwister::randInt().

Referenced by fillRandom().

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

• /home/master/UCL/VisualizationLibrary/src/vlCore/Random.hpp
• /home/master/UCL/VisualizationLibrary/src/vlCore/Random.cpp