ScreenSender/lib/common/jrtplib/src/rtprandom.h

/*

  This file is a part of JRTPLIB
  Copyright (c) 1999-2011 Jori Liesenborgs

  Contact: jori.liesenborgs@gmail.com

  This library was developed at the Expertise Centre for Digital Media
  (http://www.edm.uhasselt.be), a research center of the Hasselt University
  (http://www.uhasselt.be). The library is based upon work done for 
  my thesis at the School for Knowledge Technology (Belgium/The Netherlands).

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*/

/**
 * \file rtprandom.h
 */

#ifndef RTPRANDOM_H

#define RTPRANDOM_H

#include "rtpconfig.h"
#include "rtptypes.h"
#include <stdlib.h>

#define RTPRANDOM_2POWMIN63										1.08420217248550443400745280086994171142578125e-19

namespace jrtplib
{

/** Interface for generating random numbers. */
class JRTPLIB_IMPORTEXPORT RTPRandom
{
public:
	RTPRandom()											{ }
	virtual ~RTPRandom()										{ }

	/** Returns a random eight bit value. */
	virtual uint8_t GetRandom8() = 0;

	/** Returns a random sixteen bit value. */
	virtual uint16_t GetRandom16() = 0;

	/** Returns a random thirty-two bit value. */
	virtual uint32_t GetRandom32() = 0;

	/** Returns a random number between $0.0$ and $1.0$. */
	virtual double GetRandomDouble() = 0;

	/** Can be used by subclasses to generate a seed for a random number generator. */
	uint32_t PickSeed();
};

} // end namespace

#endif // RTPRANDOM_H