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package sim.util.distribution;
import ec.util.MersenneTwisterFast;

/**
 * Abstract base class for all discrete distributions.
 *
 * @author wolfgang.hoschek@cern.ch
 * @version 1.0, 09/24/99
 */
public abstract class AbstractDiscreteDistribution extends AbstractDistribution {
/**
 * Makes this class non instantiable, but still let's others inherit from it.
 */
    protected AbstractDiscreteDistribution() {}
/**
 * Returns a random number from the distribution; returns <tt>(double) nextInt()</tt>.
 */
    public double nextDouble() {
        return (double) nextInt();
        }
/**
 * Returns a random number from the distribution.
 */
    public abstract int nextInt();
    }
