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# RandomNumberGenerator Class Reference

`#include <cryptlib.h>`

Inheritance diagram for RandomNumberGenerator:

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## Detailed Description

interface for random number generators

All return values are uniformly distributed over the range specified.

Definition at line 609 of file cryptlib.h.

## Public Member Functions
virtual byte | GenerateByte ()=0
| generate new random byte and return it
virtual unsigned int | GenerateBit ()
| generate new random bit and return it
virtual word32 | GenerateWord32 (word32 a=0, word32 b=0xffffffffL)
| generate a random 32 bit word in the range min to max, inclusive
virtual void | GenerateBlock (byte *output, unsigned int size)
| generate random array of bytes
virtual void | DiscardBytes (unsigned int n)
| generate and discard n bytes
template<class IT> void | Shuffle (IT begin, IT end)
| randomly shuffle the specified array, resulting permutation is uniformly distributed
virtual std::string | AlgorithmName () const
| returns name of this algorithm, not universally implemented yet
virtual Clonable * | Clone () const
| this is not implemented by most classes yet

## Member Function Documentation

unsigned int RandomNumberGenerator::GenerateBit | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| generate new random bit and return it Default implementation is to call GenerateByte() and return its parity. Reimplemented in PublicBlumBlumShub. Definition at line 86 of file cryptlib.cpp. References GenerateByte().

void RandomNumberGenerator::GenerateBlock | ( | byte * | output,
|  | unsigned int | size
| ) | `[virtual]`

| generate random array of bytes Default implementation is to call GenerateByte() size times. Reimplemented in NonblockingRng, BlockingRng, and RandomPool. Definition at line 91 of file cryptlib.cpp. References GenerateByte(). Referenced by DL_GroupParameters_DSA::GenerateRandom().

void RandomNumberGenerator::DiscardBytes | ( | unsigned int | n | ) | `[virtual]`

| generate and discard n bytes Default implementation is to call GenerateByte() n times. Reimplemented in ARC4_Base. Definition at line 117 of file cryptlib.cpp. References GenerateByte().

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

- cryptlib.h
- cryptlib.cpp