Random.cpp

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/*
 * Random.cpp
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011 IBR, TU Braunschweig
 *
 * Written-by: Johannes Morgenroth <morgenroth@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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#include "Random.h"
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <vector>
#include <sys/time.h>

namespace dtn
{
        namespace utils
        {
                Random& Random::getInstance()
                {
                        static Random instance;
                        return instance;
                }

                Random::Random()
                {
                        struct timeval time;
                        ::gettimeofday(&time, NULL);

                        // initialize a random seed only once
                        ::srand(static_cast<unsigned int>((time.tv_sec * 100) + (time.tv_usec / 100)));
                }

                Random::~Random()
                {
                }

                int Random::gen_number()
                {
                        return getInstance()._gen_number();
                }

                const std::string Random::gen_chars(const size_t &size)
                {
                        return getInstance()._gen_chars(size);
                }

                int Random::_gen_number() const
                {
                        return ::rand();
                }

                const std::string Random::_gen_chars(const size_t &size) const
                {
                        static const char text[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
                        std::vector<char> dst(size);
                        const size_t len = size - 1;
                        for ( size_t i = 0; i <= len; ++i )
                        {
                                dst[i] = text[::rand() % (sizeof text - 1)];
                        }
                        return std::string(dst.begin(), dst.end());
                }
        }
}