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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.NumberFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.BaseProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for all implementations that provide a {@code long}-based
+ * source randomness.
+ */
+public abstract class LongProvider
+    extends BaseProvider
+    implements RandomLongSource {
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public abstract long next();
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long nextLong() {
+        return next();
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public int nextInt() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeInt(nextLong());
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public double nextDouble() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeDouble(nextLong());
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public boolean nextBoolean() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeBoolean(nextLong());
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public float nextFloat() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeFloat(nextInt());
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public void nextBytes(byte[] bytes) {
+        nextBytesFill(this, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public void nextBytes(byte[] bytes,
+                          int start,
+                          int len) {
+        checkIndex(0, bytes.length - 1, start);
+        checkIndex(0, bytes.length - start, len);
+
+        nextBytesFill(this, bytes, start, len);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generates random bytes and places them into a user-supplied array.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * The array is filled with bytes extracted from random {@code long} 
values.
+     * This implies that the number of random bytes generated may be larger 
than
+     * the length of the byte array.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param bytes Array in which to put the generated bytes. Cannot be null.
+     * @param start Index at which to start inserting the generated bytes.
+     * @param len Number of bytes to insert.
+     */
+    static void nextBytesFill(RandomLongSource source,
+                              byte[] bytes,
+                              int start,
+                              int len) {
+        int index = start; // Index of first insertion.
+
+        // Index of first insertion plus multiple of 8 part of length
+        // (i.e. length with 3 least significant bits unset).
+        final int indexLoopLimit = index + (len & 0x7ffffff8);
+
+        // Start filling in the byte array, 8 bytes at a time.
+        while (index < indexLoopLimit) {
+            final long random = source.next();
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) random;
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 8);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 16);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 24);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 32);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 40);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 48);
+            bytes[index++] = (byte) (random >>> 56);
+        }
+
+        final int indexLimit = start + len; // Index of last insertion + 1.
+
+        // Fill in the remaining bytes.
+        if (index < indexLimit) {
+            long random = source.next();
+            while (true) {
+                bytes[index++] = (byte) random;
+                if (index < indexLimit) {
+                    random >>>= 8;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.NumberFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides the 64-bits version of the originally 32-bits
+ * {@link org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source32.MersenneTwister
+ * Mersenne Twister}.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This class is mainly a Java port of
+ * <a href="http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt64.html";>
+ *  the 2014/2/23 version of the generator
+ * </a> written in C by Takuji Nishimura and Makoto Matsumoto.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Here is their original copyright:
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <table border="0" width="80%" cellpadding="10" style="background-color: 
#E0E0E0" summary="Mersenne Twister licence">
+ * <tr><td>Copyright (C) 2004, Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura,
+ *     All rights reserved.</td></tr>
+ *
+ * <tr><td>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</li>
+ *   <li>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the 
distribution.</li>
+ *   <li>The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote
+ *       products derived from this software without specific prior written
+ *       permission.</li>
+ * </ol></td></tr>
+ *
+ * <tr><td><strong>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+ * OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+ * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
+ * OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+ * USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+ * DAMAGE.</strong></td></tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_Twister";>Mersenne 
Twister (Wikipedia)</a>
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class MersenneTwister64 extends LongProvider {
+    /** Size of the bytes pool. */
+    private static final int NN = 312;
+    /** Period second parameter. */
+    private static final int MM = 156;
+    /** X * MATRIX_A for X = {0, 1}. */
+    private static final long[] MAG01 = { 0x0, 0xb5026f5aa96619e9L };
+    /** Most significant 33 bits. */
+    private static final long UM = 0xffffffff80000000L;
+    /** Least significant 31 bits. */
+    private static final long LM = 0x7fffffffL;
+    /** Bytes pool. */
+    private long[] mt = new long[NN];
+    /** Current index in the bytes pool. */
+    private int mti;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new random number generator.
+     *
+     * @param seed Initial seed.
+     */
+    public MersenneTwister64(long[] seed) {
+        setSeedInternal(seed);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getStateInternal() {
+        final long[] s = Arrays.copyOf(mt, NN + 1);
+        s[NN] = mti;
+
+        return NumberFactory.makeByteArray(s);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected void setStateInternal(byte[] s) {
+        checkStateSize(s, (NN + 1) * 8);
+
+        final long[] tmp = NumberFactory.makeLongArray(s);
+        System.arraycopy(tmp, 0, mt, 0, NN);
+        mti = (int) tmp[NN];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the generator with the given seed.
+     *
+     * @param seed Initial seed.
+     */
+    private void setSeedInternal(long[] seed) {
+        if (seed.length == 0) {
+            // Accept empty seed.
+            seed = new long[1];
+        }
+
+        initState(19650218L);
+        int i = 1;
+        int j = 0;
+
+        for (int k = Math.max(NN, seed.length); k != 0; k--) {
+            final long mm1 = mt[i - 1];
+            mt[i] = (mt[i] ^ ((mm1 ^ (mm1 >>> 62)) * 0x369dea0f31a53f85L)) + 
seed[j] + j; // non linear
+            i++;
+            j++;
+            if (i >= NN) {
+                mt[0] = mt[NN - 1];
+                i = 1;
+            }
+            if (j >= seed.length) {
+                j = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        for (int k = NN - 1; k != 0; k--) {
+            final long mm1 = mt[i - 1];
+            mt[i] = (mt[i] ^ ((mm1 ^ (mm1 >>> 62)) * 0x27bb2ee687b0b0fdL)) - 
i; // non linear
+            i++;
+            if (i >= NN) {
+                mt[0] = mt[NN - 1];
+                i = 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        mt[0] = 0x8000000000000000L; // MSB is 1; assuring non-zero initial 
array
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the internal state of this instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     */
+    private void initState(long seed) {
+        mt[0] = seed;
+        for (mti = 1; mti < NN; mti++) {
+            final long mm1 = mt[mti - 1];
+            mt[mti] = 0x5851f42d4c957f2dL * (mm1 ^ (mm1 >>> 62)) + mti;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long next() {
+        long x;
+
+        if (mti >= NN) { // generate NN words at one time
+            for (int i = 0; i < NN - MM; i++) {
+                x = (mt[i] & UM) | (mt[i + 1] & LM);
+                mt[i] = mt[i + MM] ^ (x >>> 1) ^ MAG01[(int)(x & 0x1L)];
+            }
+            for (int i = NN - MM; i < NN - 1; i++) {
+                x = (mt[i] & UM) | (mt[i + 1] & LM);
+                mt[i] = mt[ i + (MM - NN)] ^ (x >>> 1) ^ MAG01[(int)(x & 
0x1L)];
+            }
+
+            x = (mt[NN - 1] & UM) | (mt[0] & LM);
+            mt[NN - 1] = mt[MM - 1] ^ (x >>> 1) ^ MAG01[(int)(x & 0x1L)];
+
+            mti = 0;
+        }
+
+        x = mt[mti++];
+
+        x ^= (x >>> 29) & 0x5555555555555555L;
+        x ^= (x << 17) & 0x71d67fffeda60000L;
+        x ^= (x << 37) & 0xfff7eee000000000L;
+        x ^= x >>> 43;
+
+        return x;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+/**
+ * Source of randomness that generates values of type {@code long}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public interface RandomLongSource {
+    /**
+     * @return the next random value.
+     */
+    long next();
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.NumberFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A fast RNG, with 64 bits of state, that can be used to initialize the
+ * state of other generators.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c";>
+ * Original source code</a>
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class SplitMix64 extends LongProvider {
+    /** State. */
+    private long state;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Initial seed.
+     */
+    public SplitMix64(Long seed) {
+        setSeedInternal(seed);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Seeds the RNG.
+     *
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     */
+    private void setSeedInternal(Long seed) {
+        state = seed;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long next() {
+        long z = state += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15L;
+        z = (z ^ (z >>> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9L;
+        z = (z ^ (z >>> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111ebL;
+        return z ^ (z >>> 31);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getStateInternal() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeByteArray(state);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected void setStateInternal(byte[] s) {
+        checkStateSize(s, 8);
+
+        state = NumberFactory.makeLong(s);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.NumberFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Random number generator designed by Mark D.&nbsp;Overton.
+ *
+ * <p>It is one of the many generators described by the author in the 
following article series:</p>
+ *  <ul>
+ *   <li><a 
href="http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/fast-high-quality-parallel-random-number/229625477";>Part
 one</a></li>
+ *   <li><a 
href="http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/fast-high-quality-parallel-random-number/231000484";>Part
 two</a></li>
+ *  </ul>
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class TwoCmres extends LongProvider {
+    /** Error message. */
+    private static final String INTERNAL_ERROR_MSG = "Internal error: Please 
file a bug report";
+    /** A small positive integer. */
+    private static final byte SEED_GUARD = 9;
+    /** Factory of instances of this class. Singleton. */
+    private static final Cmres.Factory FACTORY = new Cmres.Factory();
+    /** First subcycle generator. */
+    private final Cmres x;
+    /** Second subcycle generator. */
+    private final Cmres y;
+    /** State of first subcycle generator. */
+    private long xx;
+    /** State of second subcycle generator. */
+    private long yy;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Initial seed.
+     * @param x First subcycle generator.
+     * @param y Second subcycle generator.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code x == y}.
+     */
+    private TwoCmres(int seed,
+                     Cmres x,
+                     Cmres y) {
+        if (x == y) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Subcycle generators must be 
different");
+        }
+        this.x = x;
+        this.y = y;
+        setSeedInternal(seed);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     */
+    public TwoCmres(Integer seed) {
+        this(seed, 0, 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     * @param i Table entry for first subcycle generator.
+     * @param j Table entry for second subcycle generator.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code i == j}.
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code i < 0} or
+     * {@code i >= numberOfSubcycleGenerators()}.
+     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code j < 0} or
+     * {@code j >= numberOfSubcycleGenerators()}.
+     */
+    public TwoCmres(Integer seed,
+                    int i,
+                    int j) {
+        this(seed, FACTORY.get(i), FACTORY.get(j));
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long next() {
+        xx = x.transform(xx);
+        yy = y.transform(yy);
+
+        return xx + yy;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return super.toString() + " (" + x + " + " + y + ")";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the number of subcycle generators.
+     */
+    public static int numberOfSubcycleGenerators() {
+        return FACTORY.numberOfSubcycleGenerators();
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getStateInternal() {
+        return NumberFactory.makeByteArray(new long[] { xx, yy });
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected void setStateInternal(byte[] s) {
+        checkStateSize(s, 16);
+
+        final long[] state = NumberFactory.makeLongArray(s);
+        xx = state[0];
+        yy = state[1];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     */
+    private void setSeedInternal(int seed) {
+        // The seeding procedure consists in going away from some
+        // point known to be in the cycle.
+        // The total number of calls to the "transform" method will
+        // not exceed about 130,000 (which is negligible as seeding
+        // will not occur more than once in normal usage).
+
+        // Make two positive 16-bits integers.
+        final long s = NumberFactory.makeLong(0, seed); // s >= 0
+        final int xMax = (int) (s & 0xffff + SEED_GUARD);
+        final int yMax = (int) ((s >> 16) + SEED_GUARD);
+
+        if (xMax < 0 ||
+            yMax < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(INTERNAL_ERROR_MSG);
+        }
+
+        xx = x.getStart();
+        for (int i = xMax; i > 0; i--) {
+            xx = x.transform(xx);
+        }
+
+        yy = y.getStart();
+        for (int i = yMax; i > 0; i--) {
+            yy = y.transform(yy);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Subcycle generator.
+     * Class is immutable.
+     */
+    static class Cmres {
+        /** Cycle start. */
+        private final int start;
+        /** Multiplier. */
+        private final long multiply;
+        /** Rotation. */
+        private final int rotate;
+
+        /**
+         * @param multiply Multiplier.
+         * @param rotate Positive number. Must be in {@code [0, 64]}.
+         * @param start Cycle start.
+         */
+        Cmres(long multiply,
+              int rotate,
+              int start) {
+            this.multiply = multiply;
+            this.rotate = rotate;
+            this.start = start;
+        }
+
+        /** {@inheritDoc} */
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            final String sep = ", ";
+            // Use hexadecimal for "multiplier" field.
+            final String m = String.format((java.util.Locale) null, 
"0x%016xL", multiply);
+            return "Cmres: [" + m + sep + rotate + sep + start + "]";
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return the multiplier.
+         */
+        public long getMultiply() {
+            return multiply;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return the cycle start.
+         */
+        public int getStart() {
+            return start;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @param state Current state.
+         * @return the new state.
+         */
+        long transform(long state) {
+            long s = state;
+            s *= multiply;
+            s = rotl(s);
+            s -= state;
+            return s;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @param state State.
+         * @return the rotated state.
+         */
+        private long rotl(long state) {
+            return (state << rotate) | (state >>> (64 - rotate));
+        }
+
+        /** Factory. */
+        static class Factory {
+            /** List of good "Cmres" subcycle generators. */
+            private static final List<Cmres> TABLE = new ArrayList<Cmres>();
+
+            /**
+             * Populates the table.
+             * It lists parameters known to be good (provided in
+             * the article referred to above).
+             * To maintain compatibility, new entries must be added
+             * only at the end of the table.
+             */
+            static {
+                add(0xedce446814d3b3d9L, 33, 0x13b572e7);
+                add(0xc5b3cf786c806df7L, 33, 0x13c8e18a);
+                add(0xdd91bbb8ab9e0e65L, 31, 0x06dd03a6);
+                add(0x7b69342c0790221dL, 31, 0x1646bb8b);
+                add(0x0c72c0d18614c32bL, 33, 0x06014a3d);
+                add(0xd8d98c13bebe26c9L, 33, 0x014e8475);
+                add(0xcb039dc328bbc40fL, 31, 0x008684bd);
+                add(0x858c5ef3c021ed2fL, 32, 0x0dc8d622);
+                add(0x4c8be96bfc23b127L, 33, 0x0b6b20cc);
+                add(0x11eab77f808cf641L, 32, 0x06534421);
+                add(0xbc9bd78810fd28fdL, 31, 0x1d9ba40d);
+                add(0x0f1505c780688cb5L, 33, 0x0b7b7b67);
+                add(0xadc174babc2053afL, 31, 0x267f4197);
+                add(0x900b6b82b31686d9L, 31, 0x023c6985);
+                // Add new entries here.
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * @return the number of subcycle generators.
+             */
+            int numberOfSubcycleGenerators() {
+                return TABLE.size();
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * @param index Index into the list of available generators.
+             * @return the subcycle generator entry at index {@code index}.
+             */
+            Cmres get(int index) {
+                if (index < 0 ||
+                    index >= TABLE.size()) {
+                    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Out of interval [0, " 
+
+                                                        (TABLE.size() - 1) + 
"]");
+                }
+
+                return TABLE.get(index);
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * Adds an entry to the {@link Factory#TABLE}.
+             *
+             * @param multiply Multiplier.
+             * @param rotate Rotate.
+             * @param start Cycle start.
+             */
+            private static void add(long multiply,
+                                    int rotate,
+                                    int start) {
+                // Sanity check: if there are duplicates, the class 
initialization
+                // will fail (and the JVM will report "NoClassDefFoundError").
+                for (Cmres sg : TABLE) {
+                    if (multiply == sg.getMultiply()) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(INTERNAL_ERROR_MSG);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                TABLE.add(new Cmres(multiply, rotate, start));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.NumberFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util.SeedFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A fast RNG.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/xorshift1024star.c";>
+ * Original source code</a>
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorshift";>Xorshift 
(Wikipedia)</a>
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class XorShift1024Star extends LongProvider {
+    /** Size of the state vector. */
+    private static final int SEED_SIZE = 16;
+    /** State. */
+    private final long[] state = new long[SEED_SIZE];
+    /** Index in "state" array. */
+    private int index;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     *
+     * @param seed Initial seed.
+     * If the length is larger than 16, only the first 16 elements will
+     * be used; if smaller, the remaining elements will be automatically
+     * set.
+     */
+    public XorShift1024Star(long[] seed) {
+        setSeedInternal(seed);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getStateInternal() {
+        final long[] s = Arrays.copyOf(state, SEED_SIZE + 1);
+        s[SEED_SIZE] = index;
+
+        return NumberFactory.makeByteArray(s);
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    protected void setStateInternal(byte[] s) {
+        checkStateSize(s, (SEED_SIZE + 1) * 8);
+
+        final long[] tmp = NumberFactory.makeLongArray(s);
+
+        System.arraycopy(tmp, 0, state, 0, SEED_SIZE);
+        index = (int) tmp[SEED_SIZE];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Seeds the RNG.
+     *
+     * @param seed Seed.
+     */
+    private void setSeedInternal(long[] seed) {
+        // Reset the whole state of this RNG (i.e. "state" and "index").
+        // Filling procedure is not part of the reference code.
+        SeedFactory.fillState(state, seed);
+        index = 0;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long next() {
+        final long s0 = state[index];
+        long s1 = state[index = (index + 1) & 15];
+        s1 ^= s1 << 31; // a
+        state[index] = s1 ^ s0 ^ (s1 >>> 11) ^ (s0 >>> 30); // b,c
+        return state[index] * 1181783497276652981L;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * <h3>
+ * Concrete algorithms for {@code long}-based sources of randomness
+ * </h3>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * <b>For internal use only:</b> Direct access to classes in this package
+ * is discouraged, as they could be modified without notice.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <p><b>Notes for developers</b></p>
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *  <li>
+ *   A source of randomness must inherit from
+ *   {@link org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64.LongProvider}
+ *  </li>
+ *  <li>
+ *   The "provider" must specify <em>one</em> way for setting the seed.
+ *   For a given seed, the generated sequence must always be the same.
+ *  </li>
+ *  <li>
+ *   The "provider" must implement methods {@code getStateInternal} and
+ *   {@code setStateInternal} in order to save and restore the state of an
+ *   instance (cf. {@link org.apache.commons.rng.internal.BaseProvider}).
+ *  </li>
+ *  <li>
+ *   When a new class is implemented here, user-access to it must be provided
+ *   through associated {@link org.apache.commons.rng.RandomSource
+ *   factory methods}.
+ *  </li>
+ * </ul>
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64;

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a {@code int[]} from a {@code byte[]}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class ByteArray2IntArray implements SeedConverter<byte[], int[]> {
+    /** Number of bytes in an {@code int}. */
+    private static final int INT_SIZE = 4;
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public int[] convert(byte[] seed) {
+        final byte[] tmp = seed.length % INT_SIZE == 0 ?
+            seed :
+            Arrays.copyOf(seed, INT_SIZE * ((seed.length + INT_SIZE - 1) / 
INT_SIZE));
+
+        return NumberFactory.makeIntArray(tmp);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a {@code long[]} from a {@code byte[]}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class ByteArray2LongArray implements SeedConverter<byte[], long[]> {
+    /** Number of bytes in a {@code long}. */
+    private static final int LONG_SIZE = 8;
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long[] convert(byte[] seed) {
+        final byte[] tmp = seed.length % LONG_SIZE == 0 ?
+            seed :
+            Arrays.copyOf(seed, LONG_SIZE * ((seed.length + LONG_SIZE - 1) / 
LONG_SIZE));
+
+        return NumberFactory.makeLongArray(tmp);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a {@code Integer} to an {@code Long}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class Int2Long implements SeedConverter<Integer, Long> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public Long convert(Integer seed) {
+        final int s = seed;
+        return NumberFactory.makeLong(s, ~s);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a single value by "xor" of all the values in the input array.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class IntArray2Int implements SeedConverter<int[], Integer> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public Integer convert(int[] seed) {
+        int out = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+            out ^= seed[i];
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a {@code long[]} from an {@code int[]}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class IntArray2LongArray implements SeedConverter<int[], long[]> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long[] convert(int[] seed) {
+        final int outSize = (seed.length + 1) / 2;
+        final long[] out = new long[outSize];
+        for (int i = 0; i < outSize; i++) {
+            final int lo = seed[i];
+            final int hi = outSize + i < seed.length ? seed[outSize + i] : 0;
+            out[i] = NumberFactory.makeLong(hi, lo);
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a {@code Long} to an {@code Integer}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class Long2Int implements SeedConverter<Long, Integer> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public Integer convert(Long seed) {
+        return NumberFactory.makeInt(seed);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64.SplitMix64;
+
+/**
+ * Uses a {@code long} value to seed a {@link SplitMix64} RNG and
+ * create a {@code int[]} with the requested number of random
+ * values.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class Long2IntArray implements SeedConverter<Long, int[]> {
+    /** Size of the output array. */
+    private final int size;
+
+    /**
+     * @param size Size of the output array.
+     */
+    public Long2IntArray(int size) {
+        this.size = size;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public int[] convert(Long seed) {
+        return SeedFactory.createIntArray(size, new SplitMix64(seed));
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64.SplitMix64;
+
+/**
+ * Uses a {@code Long} value to seed a {@link SplitMix64} RNG and
+ * create a {@code long[]} with the requested number of random
+ * values.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class Long2LongArray implements SeedConverter<Long, long[]> {
+    /** Size of the output array. */
+    private final int size;
+
+    /**
+     * @param size Size of the output array.
+     */
+    public Long2LongArray(int size) {
+        this.size = size;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public long[] convert(Long seed) {
+        final long[] out = new long[size];
+        final SplitMix64 rng = new SplitMix64(seed);
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            out[i] = rng.nextLong();
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Creates an {@code int[]} from a {@code long[]}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class LongArray2IntArray implements SeedConverter<long[], int[]> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public int[] convert(long[] seed) {
+        final int[] out = new int[seed.length * 2];
+        for (int i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+            final long current = seed[i];
+            out[i] = NumberFactory.extractLo(current);
+            out[seed.length + i] = NumberFactory.extractHi(current);
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a single value by "xor" of all the values in the input array.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class LongArray2Long implements SeedConverter<long[], Long> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public Long convert(long[] seed) {
+        long out = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
+            out ^= seed[i];
+        }
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+
+/**
+ * Dummy converter that simply passes on its input.
+ * It can be useful to avoid "unchecked" compiler warnings.
+ *
+ * @param <SEED> Seed type.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class NoOpConverter<SEED> implements SeedConverter<SEED, SEED> {
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public SEED convert(SEED seed) {
+        return seed;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Utility for creating number types from one or two {@code int} values
+ * or one {@code long} value, or a sequence of bytes.
+ */
+public final class NumberFactory {
+    /** See {@link #makeDouble(long)}. */
+    private static final long DOUBLE_HIGH_BITS = 0x3ffL << 52;
+    /** See {@link #makeFloat(int)}. */
+    private static final float FLOAT_MULTIPLIER = 0x1.0p-23f;
+    /** See {@link #makeDouble(int, int)}. */
+    private static final double DOUBLE_MULTIPLIER = 0x1.0p-52d;
+    /** Lowest byte mask. */
+    private static final long LONG_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK = 0xffL;
+    /** Number of bytes in a {@code long}. */
+    private static final int LONG_SIZE = 8;
+    /** Lowest byte mask. */
+    private static final int INT_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK = 0xff;
+    /** Number of bytes in a {@code int}. */
+    private static final int INT_SIZE = 4;
+
+    /**
+     * Class contains only static methods.
+     */
+    private NumberFactory() {}
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return a boolean.
+     */
+    public static boolean makeBoolean(int v) {
+        return (v >>> 31) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return a boolean.
+     */
+    public static boolean makeBoolean(long v) {
+        return (v >>> 63) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return a {@code double} value in the interval {@code [0, 1]}.
+     */
+    public static double makeDouble(long v) {
+        // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it
+        return Double.longBitsToDouble(DOUBLE_HIGH_BITS | v >>> 12) - 1d;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number (high order bits).
+     * @param w Number (low order bits).
+     * @return a {@code double} value in the interval {@code [0, 1]}.
+     */
+    public static double makeDouble(int v,
+                                    int w) {
+        final long high = ((long) (v >>> 6)) << 26;
+        final int low = w >>> 6;
+        return (high | low) * DOUBLE_MULTIPLIER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return a {@code float} value in the interval {@code [0, 1]}.
+     */
+    public static float makeFloat(int v) {
+        return (v >>> 9) * FLOAT_MULTIPLIER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param v Number (high order bits).
+     * @param w Number (low order bits).
+     * @return a {@code long} value.
+     */
+    public static long makeLong(int v,
+                                int w) {
+        return (((long) v) << 32) | (w & 0xffffffffL);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@code int} from a {@code long}.
+     *
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return an {@code int} value made from the "xor" of the
+     * {@link #extractHi(long) high order bits} and
+     * {@link #extractLo(long) low order bits} of {@code v}.
+     */
+    public static int makeInt(long v) {
+        return extractHi(v) ^ extractLo(v);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@code int} from a {@code long}, using the high order bits.
+     *
+     * <p>The returned value is such that if</p>
+     * <pre><code>
+     *  vL = extractLo(v);
+     *  vH = extractHi(v);
+     * </code></pre>
+     *
+     * <p>then {@code v} is equal to {@link #makeLong(int,int) makeLong(vH, 
vL)}.</p>
+     *
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return an {@code int} value made from the most significant bits
+     * of {@code v}.
+     */
+    public static int extractHi(long v) {
+        return (int) (v >>> 32);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@code int} from a {@code long}, using the low order bits.
+     *
+     * <p>The returned value is such that if</p>
+     *
+     * <pre><code>
+     *  vL = extractLo(v);
+     *  vH = extractHi(v);
+     * </code></pre>
+     *
+     * <p>then {@code v} is equal to {@link #makeLong(int,int) makeLong(vH, 
vL)}.</p>
+     *
+     * @param v Number.
+     * @return an {@code int} value made from the least significant bits
+     * of {@code v}.
+     */
+    public static int extractLo(long v) {
+        return (int) v;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits a {@code long} into 8 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param v Value.
+     * @return the bytes that compose the given value (least-significant
+     * byte first).
+     */
+    public static byte[] makeByteArray(long v) {
+        final byte[] b = new byte[LONG_SIZE];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < LONG_SIZE; i++) {
+            final int shift = i * 8;
+            b[i] = (byte) ((v >>> shift) & LONG_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK);
+        }
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@code long} from 8 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param input Input.
+     * @return the value that correspond to the given bytes assuming
+     * that the is ordered in increasing byte significance (i.e. the
+     * first byte in the array is the least-siginficant).
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code input.length != 8}.
+     */
+    public static long makeLong(byte[] input) {
+        checkSize(LONG_SIZE, input.length);
+
+        long v = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < LONG_SIZE; i++) {
+            final int shift = i * 8;
+            v |= (((long) input[i]) & LONG_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK) << shift;
+        }
+
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits an array of {@code long} values into a sequence of bytes.
+     * This method calls {@link #makeByteArray(long)} for each element of
+     * the {@code input}.
+     *
+     * @param input Input.
+     * @return an array of bytes.
+     */
+    public static byte[] makeByteArray(long[] input) {
+        final int size = input.length * LONG_SIZE;
+        final byte[] b = new byte[size];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+            final byte[] current = makeByteArray(input[i]);
+            System.arraycopy(current, 0, b, i * LONG_SIZE, LONG_SIZE);
+        }
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of {@code long} values from a sequence of bytes.
+     * This method calls {@link #makeLong(byte[])} for each subsequence
+     * of 8 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param input Input.
+     * @return an array of {@code long}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code input.length} is not
+     * a multiple of 8.
+     */
+    public static long[] makeLongArray(byte[] input) {
+        final int size = input.length;
+        final int num = size / LONG_SIZE;
+        checkSize(num * LONG_SIZE, size);
+
+        final long[] output = new long[num];
+        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+            final int from = i * LONG_SIZE;
+            final byte[] current = Arrays.copyOfRange(input, from, from + 
LONG_SIZE);
+            output[i] = makeLong(current);
+        }
+
+        return output;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits an {@code int} into 4 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param v Value.
+     * @return the bytes that compose the given value (least-significant
+     * byte first).
+     */
+    public static byte[] makeByteArray(int v) {
+        final byte[] b = new byte[INT_SIZE];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < INT_SIZE; i++) {
+            final int shift = i * 8;
+            b[i] = (byte) ((v >>> shift) & INT_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK);
+        }
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@code int} from 4 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param input Input.
+     * @return the value that correspond to the given bytes assuming
+     * that the is ordered in increasing byte significance (i.e. the
+     * first byte in the array is the least-siginficant).
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code input.length != 4}.
+     */
+    public static int makeInt(byte[] input) {
+        checkSize(INT_SIZE, input.length);
+
+        int v = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < INT_SIZE; i++) {
+            final int shift = i * 8;
+            v |= (((int) input[i]) & INT_LOWEST_BYTE_MASK) << shift;
+        }
+
+        return v;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Splits an array of {@code int} values into a sequence of bytes.
+     * This method calls {@link #makeByteArray(int)} for each element of
+     * the {@code input}.
+     *
+     * @param input Input.
+     * @return an array of bytes.
+     */
+    public static byte[] makeByteArray(int[] input) {
+        final int size = input.length * INT_SIZE;
+        final byte[] b = new byte[size];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+            final byte[] current = makeByteArray(input[i]);
+            System.arraycopy(current, 0, b, i * INT_SIZE, INT_SIZE);
+        }
+
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of {@code int} values from a sequence of bytes.
+     * This method calls {@link #makeInt(byte[])} for each subsequence
+     * of 4 bytes.
+     *
+     * @param input Input. Length must be a multiple of 4.
+     * @return an array of {@code int}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code input.length} is not
+     * a multiple of 4.
+     */
+    public static int[] makeIntArray(byte[] input) {
+        final int size = input.length;
+        final int num = size / INT_SIZE;
+        checkSize(num * INT_SIZE, size);
+
+        final int[] output = new int[num];
+        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+            final int from = i * INT_SIZE;
+            final byte[] current = Arrays.copyOfRange(input, from, from + 
INT_SIZE);
+            output[i] = makeInt(current);
+        }
+
+        return output;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param expected Expected value.
+     * @param actual Actual value.
+     * @throw IllegalArgumentException if {@code expected != actual}.
+     */
+    private static void checkSize(int expected,
+                                  int actual) {
+        if (expected != actual) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array size: Expected " + 
expected +
+                                               " but was " + actual);
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Seed converter.
+ *
+ * @param <IN> Input seed type.
+ * @param <OUT> Output seed type.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public interface SeedConverter<IN, OUT> {
+    /**
+     * Converts seed from input type to output type.
+     *
+     * @param seed Original seed value.
+     * @return the converted seed value.
+     */
+    OUT convert(IN seed);
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+/**
+ * Composes two {@link SeedConverter converters}.
+ *
+ * @param <IN> Input seed type.
+ * @param <TRANS> Transitional seed type.
+ * @param <OUT> Output seed type.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class SeedConverterComposer<IN, TRANS, OUT> implements 
SeedConverter<IN, OUT> {
+    /** First conversion. */
+    private SeedConverter<IN, TRANS> first;
+    /** Second conversion. */
+    private SeedConverter<TRANS, OUT> second;
+
+    /**
+     * @param first First conversion.
+     * @param second second conversion.
+     */
+    public SeedConverterComposer(SeedConverter<IN, TRANS> first,
+                                 SeedConverter<TRANS, OUT> second) {
+        this.first = first;
+        this.second = second;
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
+    public OUT convert(IN seed) {
+        final TRANS trans = first.convert(seed);
+        return second.convert(trans);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;
+
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source32.RandomIntSource;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source32.Well44497b;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64.RandomLongSource;
+import org.apache.commons.rng.internal.source64.SplitMix64;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities related to seeding.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This class provides methods to generate random seeds (single values
+ * or arrays of values, of {@code int} or {@code long} types) that can
+ * be passed to the {@link org.apache.commons.rng.RandomSource
+ * methods that create a generator instance}.
+ * <br>
+ * Although the seed-generating methods defined in this class will likely
+ * return different values for all calls, there is no guarantee that the
+ * produced seed will result always in a "good" sequence of numbers (even
+ * if the generator initialized with that seed is good).
+ * <br>
+ * There is <i>no guarantee</i> that sequences will not overlap.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+public class SeedFactory {
+    /** Generator with a long period. */
+    private static final RandomIntSource SEED_GENERATOR;
+
+    static {
+        // Another RNG for initializing the "SEED_GENERATOR".
+        final long t = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        final int h = System.identityHashCode(Runtime.getRuntime());
+        final SplitMix64 rng = new SplitMix64(t ^ NumberFactory.makeLong(h, 
~h));
+
+        final int blockCount = 1391; // Size of the state array of 
"Well44497b".
+        SEED_GENERATOR = new Well44497b(createIntArray(blockCount, rng));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Class contains only static methods.
+     */
+    private SeedFactory() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a number for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @return a random number.
+     */
+    public static int createInt() {
+        return createInt(SEED_GENERATOR, System.identityHashCode(new 
Object()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a number for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @return a random number.
+     */
+    public static long createLong() {
+        return createLong(SEED_GENERATOR, System.identityHashCode(new 
Object()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers.
+     */
+    public static int[] createIntArray(int n) {
+        return createIntArray(n, SEED_GENERATOR, new Object());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers.
+     */
+    public static long[] createLongArray(int n) {
+        return createLongArray(n, SEED_GENERATOR, new Object());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple filling procedure.
+     * It will
+     * <ol>
+     *  <li>
+     *   fill the beginning of {@code state} by copying
+     *   {@code min(seed.length, state.length)} elements from
+     *   {@code seed},
+     *  </li>
+     *  <li>
+     *   set all remaining elements of {@code state} with non-zero
+     *   values (even if {@code seed.length < state.length}).
+     *  </li>
+     * </ol>
+     *
+     * @param state State. Must be allocated.
+     * @param seed Seed. Cannot be null.
+     */
+    public static void fillState(int[] state,
+                                 int[] seed) {
+        final int stateSize = state.length;
+        final int seedSize = seed.length;
+        System.arraycopy(seed, 0, state, 0, Math.min(seedSize, stateSize));
+
+        if (seedSize < stateSize) {
+            for (int i = seedSize; i < stateSize; i++) {
+                state[i] = (int) (scrambleWell(state[i - seed.length], i) & 
0xffffffffL);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple filling procedure.
+     * It will
+     * <ol>
+     *  <li>
+     *   fill the beginning of {@code state} by copying
+     *   {@code min(seed.length, state.length)} elements from
+     *   {@code seed},
+     *  </li>
+     *  <li>
+     *   set all remaining elements of {@code state} with non-zero
+     *   values (even if {@code seed.length < state.length}).
+     *  </li>
+     * </ol>
+     *
+     * @param state State. Must be allocated.
+     * @param seed Seed. Cannot be null.
+     */
+    public static void fillState(long[] state,
+                                 long[] seed) {
+        final int stateSize = state.length;
+        final int seedSize = seed.length;
+        System.arraycopy(seed, 0, state, 0, Math.min(seedSize, stateSize));
+
+        if (seedSize < stateSize) {
+            for (int i = seedSize; i < stateSize; i++) {
+                state[i] = scrambleWell(state[i - seed.length], i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers drawn from the
+     * {@code source}.
+     */
+    static long[] createLongArray(int n,
+                                  RandomIntSource source) {
+        return createLongArray(n, source, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers drawn from the
+     * {@code source}.
+     */
+    static int[] createIntArray(int n,
+                                RandomLongSource source) {
+        return createIntArray(n, source, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers drawn from the
+     * {@code source}.
+     */
+    static int[] createIntArray(int n,
+                                RandomIntSource source) {
+        return createIntArray(n, source, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param h Arbitrary object whose {@link System#identityHashCode(Object)
+     * hash code} will be combined with the next number drawn from
+     * the {@code source}.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers.
+     */
+    private static long[] createLongArray(int n,
+                                          RandomIntSource source,
+                                          Object h) {
+        final long[] array = new long[n];
+
+        final int hash = System.identityHashCode(h);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            array[i] = createLong(source, hash);
+        }
+
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param h Arbitrary object whose {@link System#identityHashCode(Object)
+     * hash code} will be combined with the next number drawn from
+     * the {@code source}.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers.
+     */
+    private static int[] createIntArray(int n,
+                                        RandomLongSource source,
+                                        Object h) {
+        final int[] array = new int[n];
+
+        final int hash = System.identityHashCode(h);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i += 2) {
+            final long v = createLong(source, hash);
+
+            array[i] = NumberFactory.extractHi(v);
+
+            if (i + 1 < n) {
+                array[i + 1] = NumberFactory.extractLo(v);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an array of numbers for use as a seed.
+     *
+     * @param n Size of the array to create.
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param h Arbitrary object whose {@link System#identityHashCode(Object)
+     * hash code} will be combined with the next number drawn from
+     * the {@code source}.
+     * @return an array of {@code n} random numbers.
+     */
+    private static int[] createIntArray(int n,
+                                        RandomIntSource source,
+                                        Object h) {
+        final int[] array = new int[n];
+
+        final int hash = System.identityHashCode(h);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            array[i] = createInt(source, hash);
+        }
+
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a random number by performing an "xor" between the
+     * next value in the sequence of the {@code source} and the
+     * given {@code number}.
+     *
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param number Arbitrary number.
+     * @return a random number.
+     */
+    private static long createLong(RandomLongSource source,
+                                   int number) {
+        synchronized (source) {
+            return source.next() ^ NumberFactory.makeLong(number, number);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a random number by performing an "xor" between the
+     * the next value in the sequence of the {@code source} and the
+     * given {@code number}.
+     *
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param number Arbitrary number.
+     * @return a random number.
+     */
+    private static long createLong(RandomIntSource source,
+                                   int number) {
+        synchronized (source) {
+            return NumberFactory.makeLong(source.next() ^ number,
+                                          source.next() ^ number);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a random number by performing an "xor" between the
+     * next value in the sequence of the {@code source} and the
+     * given {@code number}.
+     *
+     * @param source Source of randomness.
+     * @param number Arbitrary number.
+     * @return a random number.
+     */
+    private static int createInt(RandomIntSource source,
+                                 int number) {
+        synchronized (source) {
+            return source.next() ^ number;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transformation used to scramble the initial state of
+     * a generator.
+     *
+     * @param n Seed element.
+     * @param mult Multiplier.
+     * @param shift Shift.
+     * @param add Offset.
+     * @return the transformed seed element.
+     */
+    private static long scramble(long n,
+                                 long mult,
+                                 int shift,
+                                 int add) {
+        // Code inspired from "AbstractWell" class.
+        return mult * (n ^ (n >> shift)) + add;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transformation used to scramble the initial state of
+     * a generator.
+     *
+     * @param n Seed element.
+     * @param add Offset.
+     * @return the transformed seed element.
+     * @see #scramble(long,long,int,int)
+     */
+    private static long scrambleWell(long n,
+                                     int add) {
+        // Code inspired from "AbstractWell" class.
+        return scramble(n, 1812433253L, 30, add);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Utilities for seed conversion.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.rng.internal.util;

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