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<h2 title="Class AbstractDistribution" class="title">Class AbstractDistribution</h2>
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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">AbstractDistribution</span>
extends <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/mahout/math/function/DoubleFunction.html" title="class in org.apache.mahout.math.function">DoubleFunction</a>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected </code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/mahout/math/jet/random/AbstractDistribution.html#AbstractDistribution--">AbstractDistribution</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Makes this class non instantiable, but still let's others inherit from it.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/mahout/math/jet/random/AbstractDistribution.html#apply-int-">apply</a></span>(int&nbsp;dummy)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>protected double</code></td>
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