ByteArrayReseedableRandom (BetterRandom 5.6.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AesCounterRandom, BaseRandom, BaseSplittableRandomAdapter, CipherCounterRandom, Cmwc4096Random, EntropyBlockingRandomWrapper, EntropyBlockingSplittableRandomAdapter, MersenneTwisterRandom, Pcg128Random, Pcg64Random, RandomWrapper, ReseedingThreadLocalRandomWrapper, SingleThreadSplittableRandomAdapter, SplittableRandomAdapter, ThreadLocalRandomWrapper, XorShiftRandom
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public interface ByteArrayReseedableRandom
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A Random that can be reseeded using a byte array instead of using Random.setSeed(long) (although that may also be supported).

Author:

Chris Hennick

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getNewSeedLength()`	Returns the preferred length of a new byte-array seed.
`default boolean`	`preferSeedWithLong()`	Indicates whether `Random.setSeed(long)` is recommended over `setSeed(byte[])` when the seed is already in the form of a `long`.
`void`	`setSeed(byte[] seed)`	Reseed this PRNG.

- Method Detail
  - setSeed
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void setSeed(byte[] seed)
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    Reseed this PRNG.
    
    Parameters:
    
    seed - The PRNG's new seed.
  - getNewSeedLength
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int getNewSeedLength()
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    Returns the preferred length of a new byte-array seed. "Preferred" is implementation-defined when multiple seed lengths are supported, but should probably usually mean the longest one, since the longer the seed, the more random the output.
    
    Returns:
    
    The desired length of a new byte-array seed.
  - preferSeedWithLong
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default boolean preferSeedWithLong()
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    Indicates whether Random.setSeed(long) is recommended over setSeed(byte[]) when the seed is already in the form of a long.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if Random.setSeed(long) will tend to perform better than setSeed(byte[]).