commons-rng-sampling/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/rng/sampling/distribution/ContinuousUniformSampler.java

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package org.apache.commons.rng.sampling.distribution;

import org.apache.commons.rng.UniformRandomProvider;

/**
 * Sampling from a uniform distribution.
 */
public class ContinuousUniformSampler
    extends SamplerBase
    implements ContinuousSampler {
    /** Lower bound. */
    private final double lo;
    /** Higher bound. */
    private final double hi;
    /** Underlying source of randomness. */
    private final UniformRandomProvider rng;

    /**
     * @param rng Generator of uniformly distributed random numbers.
     * @param lo Lower bound.
     * @param hi Higher bound.
     */
    public ContinuousUniformSampler(UniformRandomProvider rng,
                                    double lo,
                                    double hi) {
        super(null);
        this.rng = rng;
        this.lo = lo;
        this.hi = hi;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public double sample() {
        final double u = rng.nextDouble();
        return u * hi + (1 - u) * lo;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Uniform deviate [" + rng.toString() + "]";
    }
}