indexing
	description:
		"Objects that might contain a random number generator"

	status:	"See note at end of class"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class 
	RANDOMIZABLE

feature -- Access

	seed: INTEGER is
			-- Random seed
		require
			has_generator: has_random_generator
		deferred
		end
	 
feature -- Status report

	has_random_generator: BOOLEAN is
			-- Does current object have access to a random number generator?
		deferred
		end
	 
feature -- Status setting

	set_seed (s: INTEGER) is
			-- Set seed to `s'.
		require
			has_generator: has_random_generator
			non_negative_seed: s >= 0
		deferred
		ensure
			seed_set: seed = s
		end

end -- class RANDOMIZABLE

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