RandomNumberGenerator.hpp

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*/


#ifndef RANDOMNUMBERGENERATORS_HPP_
#define RANDOMNUMBERGENERATORS_HPP_

#include <boost/serialization/access.hpp>
#include <boost/serialization/split_member.hpp>

class RandomNumberGenerator
{
public:


    double StandardNormalRandomDeviate();

    double NormalRandomDeviate(double mean, double sd);

    double ranf();

    unsigned randMod(unsigned base);

    void Shuffle(unsigned num, std::vector<unsigned>& rValues);

    static RandomNumberGenerator* Instance();

    static void Destroy();

    void Reseed(int seed);

protected:

    RandomNumberGenerator();

private:

    int mSeed;

    unsigned mTimesCalled;

    static RandomNumberGenerator *mpInstance;

    friend class boost::serialization::access;
    template<class Archive>
    void save(Archive & archive, const unsigned int version) const
    {
        // note, version is always the latest when saving
        archive & mSeed;
        archive & mTimesCalled;
    }
    template<class Archive>
    void load(Archive & archive, const unsigned int version)
    {
        archive & mSeed;
        archive & mTimesCalled;
        // reset the random number generator to use the correct seed
        srandom(mSeed);
        // call it the correct number of times to put it in the
        // same state as it used to be.
        // NOTE: This is only guaranteed to work if Normal random
        // deviates are not used, since the methods to generate
        // numbers from a normal distribution use static variables.
        for (unsigned i=0; i<mTimesCalled; i++)
        {
            random();
        }
    }
    BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_MEMBER()

};
#endif /*RANDOMNUMBERGENERATORS_HPP_*/

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