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#ifndef __itkRandomVariateGeneratorBase_h
#define __itkRandomVariateGeneratorBase_h

#include "itkObject.h"

namespace itk
{
namespace Statistics
{
/** \class RandomVariateGeneratorBase
 * \brief Defines common interfaces for random variate generators.
 *
 * \ingroup Common
 * \ingroup ITKCommon
 */
class RandomVariateGeneratorBase:public Object
{
public:
  /** Standard class typedefs. */
  typedef RandomVariateGeneratorBase Self;
  typedef Object                     Superclass;
  typedef SmartPointer< Self >       Pointer;
  typedef SmartPointer< const Self > ConstPointer;

  /** Run-time type information (and related methods). */
  itkTypeMacro(RandomVariateGeneratorBase, Object);

  /** get a variate using FastNorm function */
  virtual double GetVariate() = 0;

protected:
  RandomVariateGeneratorBase() {}
  virtual ~RandomVariateGeneratorBase() {}

private:
};  // end of class
} // end of namespace Statistics
} // end of namespace itk

#endif
