src/java/org/apache/commons/math/random/NormalizedRandomGenerator.java

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package org.apache.commons.math.random;

/** 
 * This interface represent a normalized random generator for
 * scalars.
 * Normalized generator provide null mean and unit standard deviation scalars.
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 * @since 1.2
 */
public interface NormalizedRandomGenerator {

  /** Generate a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation.
   * <p>This method does <strong>not</strong> specify the shape of the
   * distribution, it is the implementing class that provides it. The
   * only contract here is to generate numbers with null mean and unit
   * standard deviation.</p>
   * @return a random scalar with null mean and unit standard deviation
   */
  public double nextNormalizedDouble();

}