krandomsequence.h

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/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
   Copyright (c) 1999 Sean Harmer <sh@astro.keele.ac.uk>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef K_RANDOM_SEQUENCE_H
#define K_RANDOM_SEQUENCE_H

#include <kdecore_export.h>
#include <QtCore/QList>

class KDECORE_EXPORT KRandomSequence
{
public:
  explicit KRandomSequence( long lngSeed = 0 );

  virtual ~KRandomSequence();

  KRandomSequence(const KRandomSequence &a);

  KRandomSequence &operator=(const KRandomSequence &a);

  void setSeed( long lngSeed = 0 );

  double getDouble();

  unsigned long getLong(unsigned long max);

  bool getBool();

  template<typename T> void randomize(QList<T>& list) {
        if (!list.isEmpty()) {
            QList<T> l;
            l.append(list.takeFirst());
            while (list.count())
                    l.insert(int(getLong(l.count()+1)), list.takeFirst());
            list = l;
        }
  }


  void modulate(int i);

private:
  class Private;
  Private *const d;
};

#endif