/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.apache.commons.math3.util;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.random.RandomGenerator;


A strategy of selecting random index between begin and end indices.
Since:3.4
/** * A strategy of selecting random index between begin and end indices. * @since 3.4 */
public class RandomPivotingStrategy implements PivotingStrategyInterface, Serializable {
Serializable UID.
/** Serializable UID. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 20140713L;
Random generator to use for selecting pivot.
/** Random generator to use for selecting pivot. */
private final RandomGenerator random;
Simple constructor.
Params:
  • random – random generator to use for selecting pivot
/** Simple constructor. * @param random random generator to use for selecting pivot */
public RandomPivotingStrategy(final RandomGenerator random) { this.random = random; }
{@inheritDoc} A uniform random pivot selection between begin and end indices
Throws:
Returns:The index corresponding to a random uniformly selected value between first and the last indices of the array slice
/** * {@inheritDoc} * A uniform random pivot selection between begin and end indices * @return The index corresponding to a random uniformly selected * value between first and the last indices of the array slice * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException when indices exceeds range */
public int pivotIndex(final double[] work, final int begin, final int end) throws MathIllegalArgumentException { MathArrays.verifyValues(work, begin, end-begin); return begin + random.nextInt(end - begin - 1); } }