SecureRandomSeedGenerator

java.lang.Object
- org.uncommons.maths.random.SecureRandomSeedGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

SeedGenerator
```
public class SecureRandomSeedGenerator
extends java.lang.Object
implements SeedGenerator
```
SeedGenerator implementation that uses Java's bundled SecureRandom RNG to generate random seed data.

The advantage of using SecureRandom for seeding but not as the primary RNG is that we can use it to seed RNGs that are much faster than SecureRandom.

This is the only seeding strategy that is guaranteed to work on all platforms and therefore is provided as a fall-back option should none of the other provided SeedGenerator implementations be useable.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private static java.security.SecureRandom SOURCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

SecureRandomSeedGenerator()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte[]`	`generateSeed(int length)`	Generate a seed value for a random number generator.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - SOURCE
```
private static final java.security.SecureRandom SOURCE
```
- Constructor Detail
  - SecureRandomSeedGenerator
```
public SecureRandomSeedGenerator()
```
- Method Detail
  - generateSeed
```
public byte[] generateSeed(int length)
                    throws SeedException
```
    Generate a seed value for a random number generator.
    
    Specified by:
    
    generateSeed in interface SeedGenerator
    
    Parameters:
    
    length - The length of the seed to generate (in bytes).
    
    Returns:
    
    A byte array containing the seed data.
    
    Throws:
    
    SeedException - If a seed cannot be generated for any reason.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object