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openmesh/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.hh
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//=============================================================================
//
// Helper Functions for generating a random number between 0.0 and 1.0 with
// a garantueed resolution
//
//=============================================================================
#ifndef OPENMESH_UTILS_RANDOMNUMBERGENERATOR_HH
#define OPENMESH_UTILS_RANDOMNUMBERGENERATOR_HH
//== INCLUDES =================================================================
#include <OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h>
#include <cstdlib>
//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================
namespace OpenMesh {
//=============================================================================
/** Generate a random number between 0.0 and 1.0 with a guaranteed resolution
* ( Number of possible values )
*
* Especially useful on windows, as there MAX_RAND is often only 32k which is
* not enough resolution for a lot of applications
*/
class OPENMESHDLLEXPORT RandomNumberGenerator
{
public:
/** \brief Constructor
*
* @param _resolution specifies the desired resolution for the random number generated
*/
RandomNumberGenerator(const size_t _resolution);
/// returns a random double between 0.0 and 1.0 with a guaranteed resolution
double getRand() const;
double resolution() const;
private:
/// desired resolution
const size_t resolution_;
/// number of "blocks" of RAND_MAX that make up the desired _resolution
size_t iterations_;
/// maximum random number generated, which is used for normalization
double maxNum_;
};
//=============================================================================
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_UTILS_RANDOMNUMBERGENERATOR_HH defined
//=============================================================================