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#include "gate/gate_core_api.h"
#include "gate/gatetypes.h"

Functions
GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t	gate_randomgenerator_create (gate_randomsession_t *session)
	Creates a random number generator instance and initializes a session object to access it.

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t	gate_randomgenerator_get_num (gate_randomsession_t session, gate_uint64_t number)
	Generates a random 64-bit number.

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t	gate_randomgenerator_get_buffer (gate_randomsession_t session, void buffer, gate_size_t bufferlen)
	Fills a byte buffer with random data.

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t	gate_randomgenerator_destroy (gate_randomsession_t *session)
	Destroys the random number generator sessions and releases its resources.

Detailed Description

Random number generation.

Function Documentation

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t gate_randomgenerator_create ( gate_randomsession_t * session )

Creates a random number generator instance and initializes a session object to access it.

Parameters

[out] session pointer to session handle to be filled

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t gate_randomgenerator_destroy ( gate_randomsession_t * session )

Destroys the random number generator sessions and releases its resources.

Parameters

[in] session pointer to session handle to be destroyed

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t gate_randomgenerator_get_buffer	(	gate_randomsession_t *	session,
		void *	buffer,
		gate_size_t	bufferlen )

Fills a byte buffer with random data.

Parameters

[in]	session	pointer to session handle
[out]	buffer	pointer to buffer to be filled with random data
[in]	bufferlen	length of buffer in bytes

GATE_CORE_API gate_result_t gate_randomgenerator_get_num	(	gate_randomsession_t *	session,
		gate_uint64_t *	number )

Generates a random 64-bit number.

Parameters

[in]	session	pointer to session handle
[out]	number	pointer to UI64 number to be filled with random bits