/*

  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).

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
  to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
  the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
  and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
  Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
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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

