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| |
| package org.apache.commons.rng.sampling; |
| |
| import org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider; |
| |
| /** |
| * Applies to samplers that can share state between instances. Samplers can be created with a |
| * new source of randomness that sample from the same state. |
| * |
| * @param <R> Type of the sampler. |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| public interface SharedStateSampler<R> { |
| /** |
| * Create a new instance of the sampler with the same underlying state using the given |
| * uniform random provider as the source of randomness. |
| * |
| * @param rng Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers. |
| * @return the sampler |
| */ |
| R withUniformRandomProvider(UniformRandomProvider rng); |
| } |