/*
* File: AbstractRandomVariable.java
* Authors: Kevin R. Dixon
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Foundry
*
* Copyright Jan 22, 2009, Sandia Corporation.
* Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive
* license for use of this work by or on behalf of the U.S. Government.
* Export of this program may require a license from the United States
* Government. See CopyrightHistory.txt for complete details.
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.statistics;
import gov.sandia.cognition.collection.CollectionUtil;
import gov.sandia.cognition.math.AbstractRing;
import gov.sandia.cognition.util.Randomized;
import java.util.Random;
/**
* Partial implementation of RandomVariable.
* @param <DataType>
* Type of data that can be sampled from the Distribution.
* @author Kevin R. Dixon
* @since 3.0
*/
public abstract class AbstractRandomVariable<DataType>
extends AbstractRing<RandomVariable<DataType>>
implements RandomVariable<DataType>,
Randomized
{
@Override
public DataType sample(
final Random random )
{
return CollectionUtil.getFirst( this.sample( random, 1 ) );
}
}