ObjSim/src/external/rng_thread/i_rng_pool.hpp

#ifndef __I_RNG_POOL__HPP
#define __I_RNG_POOL__HPP

#include <vector>
using namespace std;

enum RngType {
    kRngPoisson,
    kRngGaussian,
    kRngUniform
};

/**
\brief Interface class for RandomNumberQueue

A class implementing the IRngQueue interface provides fresh random numbers
from its internal queue via getRandomNumber().
*/
class IRngQueue
{
public:
    virtual double getRandomNumber()=0;    
};

/**
\brief Interface class which provides a pool of random number queues.
A class implementint the IRngQueue interface can be queried for a pointer to
a IRngQueue object.
*/
class IRngQueuePool
{
public:
    virtual IRngQueue* getRngQueue()=0;
    virtual IRngQueue* getRngQueue(RngType _RType, double _Parameter, int NVectors=10, int NumbersPerVector=2000)=0;
    virtual vector<double>* getRandomNumberVector(IRngQueue*)=0;
    virtual void releaseRngQueue(IRngQueue*)=0;
};



#endif // __I_RNG_POOL__HPP