gnu.crypto.prng

Interface EntropySource

public interface EntropySource

A generic interface for adding random bytes to an entropy pool.
Method Summary
byte[]nextBytes()
Returns a new buffer with the next random bytes to add.
doublequality()
Returns the estimated quality of this source.

Method Detail

nextBytes

public byte[] nextBytes()
Returns a new buffer with the next random bytes to add.

Returns: The next random bytes.

quality

public double quality()
Returns the estimated quality of this source. This value should be between 0 and 100 (the running quality is computed as a percentage, 100 percent being perfect-quality).

Returns: The quality.

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