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19  package org.apache.myfaces.util;
20  
21  import java.util.Random;
22  
23  /**
24   * A threadsafe implementation of {@link XorShiftRandom}.
25   * We use a ThreadLocal to give each thread it's own implementation.
26   */
27  public class ThreadsafeXorShiftRandom extends XorShiftRandom
28  {
29      /**
30       * Only used for creating the initial seed for each thread!
31       *
32       * We use a threadsafe java.util.Random for making sure that
33       * each thread get it's very own initial seed value.
34       *
35       * If we would not do this then starting dozen Threads at the same time
36       * would result in all having the same seed and thus generate
37       * the same random numbers.
38       */
39      private static Random seedRandom = new Random(System.nanoTime());
40  
41      public ThreadsafeXorShiftRandom()
42      {
43          // seed is not used but created by the ThreadLocal
44          super(0);
45      }
46  
47      private static final ThreadLocal<XorShiftRandom> randomThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<XorShiftRandom>()
48      {
49          @Override
50          protected XorShiftRandom initialValue()
51          {
52              return new XorShiftRandom(seedRandom.nextLong());
53          }
54      };
55  
56      /**
57       * We use the random generator for this very thread.
58       * This method is perfectly threadsafe. It is also guaranteed
59       * that each thread will get own values.
60       */
61      @Override
62      public long random()
63      {
64          return randomThreadLocal.get().random();
65      }
66  }