RFR: 8279598: Provide adapter from RandomGenerator to Random [v3]

Yasser Bazzi duke at openjdk.java.net
Thu Feb 3 20:50:14 UTC 2022


On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:13:46 GMT, Yasser Bazzi <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> Hi, could i get a review on this implementation proposed by Stuart Marks, i decided to use the https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/util/random/RandomGenerator.html interface to create the default method `asRandom()` that wraps around the newer algorithms to be used on classes that do not accept the new interface.
>> 
>> Some things to note as proposed by the bug report, the protected method next(int bits) is not overrided and setSeed() method if left blank up to discussion on what to do with it.
>> 
>> Small test done on https://gist.github.com/YShow/da678561419cda8e32fccf3a27a649d4
>
> Yasser Bazzi has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - fix missing periods
>  - Use final on initialized variable

Since everyone agrees that using Random.from() seems like a better idea, should i keep this PR open and redo the patch at Random class or do another PR?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7001


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