UniformFloatGenerator.java

/* Copyright (c) 2009 Miltiadis Allamanis
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package app.randgen.backend;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

/**
 * A RandomGenerator that produces float's in a uniform distribution
 */
public class UniformFloatGenerator extends RandomGenerator {
	/* {author=Miltiadis Allamanis} */

	/**
	 * the smallest number of the uniform distribution
	 */
	public double a = 0;

	/**
	 * the biggest value of the uniform distribution
	 */
	public double b = 0;

	@Override
	public String getDescription() {
		return "Produces random decimal numbers that have the same (uniform) probability in a specified interval";
	}

	@Override
	public String getName() {
		return "Uniform Real";
	}

	@Override
	public String getNext() {
		if ((a == 0) && (b == 0))
			return "Parameters not set";
		return Double.toString(a + ((b - a) * this.generator.nextDouble()));
	}

	@Override
	public int getParamsLayoutID() {
		return app.randgen.R.id.uniformFloatParams;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean setParameters(final Activity myActivity) {
		try {
			EditText edit = (EditText) myActivity
					.findViewById(app.randgen.R.id.uniformFLow);
			a = Double.parseDouble(edit.getText().toString());
			edit = (EditText) myActivity
					.findViewById(app.randgen.R.id.uniformFHigh);
			b = Double.parseDouble(edit.getText().toString());
			return true;
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Toast error = Toast.makeText(myActivity,
					app.randgen.R.string.paramError, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
			error.show();
			return false;
		}
	}
}