RFR: 8248862: Implement Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators

[Roger Baumgartner]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:45:12 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlaskey at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR is to introduce a new random number API for the JDK. The primary API is found in RandomGenerator and RandomGeneratorFactory. Further description can be found in the JEP https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356 .
> 
> javadoc can be found at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/prng/doc/api/java.base/java/util/random/package-summary.html
> 
> old PR:  https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/1273

src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/random/package-info.java line 149:

> 147:  *
> 148:  * <p> For an application running in a 32-bit hardware environment and using
> 149:  * only one thread or a small number of threads, may be a good choice.

I think the name of the suitable algorithm is missing here.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1292