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gnu.crypto.util
Class PRNG

java.lang.Object
 extended bygnu.crypto.util.PRNG

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public class PRNG

extends java.lang.Object

A useful Singleton hash-based (SHA) pseudo-random number generator used throughout this library.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

See Also:

MDGenerator

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Method Summary
static void	nextBytes(byte[] buffer) Completely fills the designated buffer with random data generated by the underlying singleton.
static void	nextBytes(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) Fills the designated buffer, starting from byte at position offset with, at most, length bytes of random data generated by the underlying singleton.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

nextBytes

public static void nextBytes(byte[] buffer)

Completely fills the designated buffer with random data generated by the underlying singleton.

Parameters:

buffer - the place holder of random bytes generated by this PRNG singleton. On output, the contents of buffer are replaced with pseudo-random data, iff the buffer size is not zero.

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nextBytes

public static void nextBytes(byte[] buffer,
 int offset,
 int length)

Fills the designated buffer, starting from byte at position offset with, at most, length bytes of random data generated by the underlying singleton.

See Also:

IRandom.nextBytes(byte[], int, int)

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