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/* EntropySource.java --
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is a part of GNU Classpath.
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GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
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your option) any later version.
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GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Classpath; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
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conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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combination.
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As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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exception statement from your version. */
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package gnu.java.security.prng;
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/**
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* A generic interface for adding random bytes to an entropy pool.
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*/
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public interface EntropySource
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{
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/**
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* Returns the estimated quality of this source. This value should be
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* between 0 and 100 (the running quality is computed as a percentage,
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* 100 percent being perfect-quality).
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*
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* @return The quality.
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*/
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double quality();
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/**
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* Returns a new buffer with the next random bytes to add.
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*
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* @return The next random bytes.
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*/
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byte[] nextBytes();
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}
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