RFR: 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators [v3]

[Jim Laskey]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:51:43 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Jim Laskey has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 40 commits:
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>>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8248862
>>  - 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    Update package-info.java
>>  - 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    Updated RandomGeneratorFactory javadoc.
>>  - 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    Updated documentation for RandomGeneratorFactory.
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8248862
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8248862
>>  - 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    Move RandomGeneratorProperty
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8248862
>>  - 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    Clear up javadoc
>>  - 8248862; Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
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>>    remove RandomGeneratorProperty from API
>>  - ... and 30 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/f7517386...6fe94c68
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> I am unsure if the intent is also to support external libraries providing `RandomGenerator` implementations. Currently there is an implicit contract for properties (reflectively invoking a method returning a map with a set of entries with known keys). Since the service provider implementation is the `RandomGenerator` itself, rather than `RandomGeneratorFactory` it is harder expose the meta-data with a clearer contract.

Need rebase

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1273