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    017package org.apache.commons.text;
    018
    019/**
    020 * <p>
    021 * TextRandomProvider implementations are used by {@link RandomStringGenerator}
    022 * as a source of randomness.  It is highly recommended that the
    023 * <a href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rng/">Apache Commons RNG</a>
    024 * library be used to provide the random number generation.
    025 * </p>
    026 *
    027 * <p>
    028 * When using Java 8 or later, TextRandomProvider is a functional interface and
    029 * need not be explicitly implemented.  For example:
    030 * </p>
    031 * <pre>
    032 * {@code
    033 * UniformRandomProvider rng = RandomSource.create(...);
    034 * RandomStringGenerator gen = new RandomStringGenerator.Builder()
    035 *     .usingRandom(rng::nextInt)
    036 *     // additional builder calls as needed
    037 *     .build();
    038 * }
    039 * </pre>
    040 * @since 1.1
    041 */
    042public interface TextRandomProvider {
    043
    044    /**
    045     * Generates an int value between 0 (inclusive) and the specified value
    046     * (exclusive).
    047     * @param max  Bound on the random number to be returned. Must be positive.
    048     * @return a random int value between 0 (inclusive) and n (exclusive).
    049     */
    050    int nextInt(int max);
    051}