org.apache.taglibs.random
Class RandomNum

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.taglibs.random.RandomNum

public class RandomNum

extends java.lang.Object

The RandomNum will produce a variable set of random numbers.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Rich Catlett

Constructor Summary

RandomNum()

Method Summary

void	generateRandomObject() generate the Random object that will be used for this random number generator
java.lang.Number	getRandom() get the random number, for use with the <jsp:getProperty name="id" property="floatval"/>
void	setAlgorithm(java.lang.String value) set the algorithm name
void	setProvider(java.lang.String value) set the provider name
void	setRange(long low, long up) set the Range

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RandomNum

public RandomNum()

Method Detail

generateRandomObject

public final void generateRandomObject()
                                throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

generate the Random object that will be used for this random number generator

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

getRandom

public final java.lang.Number getRandom()

get the random number, for use with the <jsp:getProperty name="id" property="floatval"/>

Returns:

- randomly created float value

Throws:

- - JspException if the range entered for the number generator is not 0-1

setRange

public final void setRange(long low,
                           long up)

set the Range

Parameters:

low - lower bound of the range

up - upper bound of the range

setAlgorithm

public final void setAlgorithm(java.lang.String value)

set the algorithm name

Parameters:

value - name of the algorithm to use for a SecureRandom object

setProvider

public final void setProvider(java.lang.String value)

set the provider name

Parameters:

value - name of the package to check for the algorithm