RFR: 8279598: Provide adapter from RandomGenerator to Random

[Stuart Marks]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 21:00:37 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.
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> 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.
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> Small test done on https://gist.github.com/YShow/da678561419cda8e32fccf3a27a649d4

This will also need a regression test. It should have a case to ensure that `asRandom` returns `this` if it's already an instance of `Random`. Maybe also a simple case of shuffling a list, similar to the gist. Also see if there are some tests for Random already that this can be plugged into.

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