/*
Copyright (C) 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose 
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CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. 
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 */
package cern.jet.random.tdouble.engine;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Same as MersenneTwister except that method raw() returns 64
 * bit random numbers instead of 32 bit random numbers.
 * 
 * @author wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch
 * @version 1.0, 09/24/99
 * @see DoubleMersenneTwister
 */
public class MersenneTwister64 extends DoubleMersenneTwister {
    /**
     * 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Constructs and returns a random number generator with a default seed,
     * which is a constant.
     */
    public MersenneTwister64() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs and returns a random number generator with the given seed.
     * 
     * @param seed
     *            should not be 0, in such a case
     *            MersenneTwister64.DEFAULT_SEED is silently
     *            substituted.
     */
    public MersenneTwister64(int seed) {
        super(seed);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs and returns a random number generator seeded with the given
     * date.
     * 
     * @param d
     *            typically new java.util.Date()
     */
    public MersenneTwister64(Date d) {
        super(d);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a 64 bit uniformly distributed random number in the open unit
     * interval (0.0,1.0) (excluding 0.0 and 1.0).
     */

    public double raw() {
        return nextDouble();
    }
}