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/* VMSecureRandom.java -- random seed generator.

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package gnu.java.security.jce.prng;

/**

 * VM-specific methods for generating real (or almost real) random

 * seeds. VM implementors should write a version of this class that

 * reads random bytes from some system source.

 */

final class VMSecureRandom

{

  /**

   * <p>

   * Generate a random seed. Implementations are free to generate

   * fewer random bytes than are requested, and leave the remaining

   * bytes of the destination buffer as zeros. Implementations SHOULD,

   * however, make a best-effort attempt to satisfy the request.

   * </p>

   * <p>

   * The GCJ implementation uses a native method to read bytes from

   * a system random source (e.g. /dev/random).

   * </p>

   *

   * @param buffer The destination buffer.

   * @param offset The offset in the buffer to start putting bytes.

   * @param length The number of random bytes to generate.

   * @return the number of bytes generated.

   */

  static int generateSeed(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)

  {

    if (length < 0)

      throw new IllegalArgumentException("length must be nonnegative");

    if (offset < 0 || offset + length > buffer.length)

      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();

    return natGenerateSeed(buffer, offset, length);

  }

  static native int natGenerateSeed(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length);

}