rng-seed-manager.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Mathieu Lacage
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 */
 
#ifndef RNG_SEED_MANAGER_H
#define RNG_SEED_MANAGER_H
 
#include <stdint.h>
 
/**
 * @file
 * @ingroup randomvariable
 * ns3::RngSeedManager declaration.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * @ingroup randomvariable
 *
 * Manage the seed number and run number of the underlying
 * random number generator, and automatic assignment of stream numbers.
 */
class RngSeedManager
{
  public:
    /**
     * @brief Set the seed.
     *
     * This sets the global initial seed which will be used all
     * subsequently instantiated RandomVariableStream objects.
     *
     * @code
     *   RngSeedManager::SetSeed(15);
     *   UniformVariable x(2,3);     // These will give the same output every time
     *   ExponentialVariable y(120); // as long as the seed stays the same.
     * @endcode
     * @param [in] seed The seed value to use.
     *
     * @note While the underlying RNG takes six integer values as a seed;
     * it is sufficient to set these all to the same integer, so we provide
     * a simpler interface here that just takes one integer.
     */
    static void SetSeed(uint32_t seed);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get the current seed value which will be used by all
     * subsequently instantiated RandomVariableStream objects.
     *
     * @return The seed value.
     *
     * This returns the current seed value.
     */
    static uint32_t GetSeed();
 
    /**
     * @brief Set the run number of simulation.
     *
     * @code
     *   RngSeedManager::SetSeed(12);
     *   int N = atol(argv[1]);      // Read in run number from command line.
     *   RngSeedManager::SetRun(N);
     *   UniformVariable x(0,10);
     *   ExponentialVariable y(2902);
     * @endcode
     * In this example, \c N could successively be equal to 1,2,3, _etc._
     * and the user would continue to get independent runs out of the
     * single simulation.  For this simple example, the following might work:
     * @code
     *   ./simulation 0
     *   ...Results for run 0:...
     *
     *   ./simulation 1
     *   ...Results for run 1:...
     * @endcode
     *
     * @param [in] run The run number.
     */
    static void SetRun(uint64_t run);
    /**
     * @brief Get the current run number.
     * @returns The current run number
     * @see SetRun
     */
    static uint64_t GetRun();
 
    /**
     * Get the next automatically assigned stream index.
     * @returns The next stream index.
     */
    static uint64_t GetNextStreamIndex();
 
    /**
     * Resets the global stream index counter.
     */
    static void ResetNextStreamIndex();
};
 
/** Alias for compatibility. */
typedef RngSeedManager SeedManager;
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* RNG_SEED_MANAGER_H */