[#BloombergLP-bslh-SeedGenerator]
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This class template generates arbitrary‐length seeds from a user‐supplied RNG.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslh_seedgenerator.h>`

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template<class RANDOM_NUM_GEN>
class SeedGenerator;
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== Description

This class template implements a seed generator which takes a user supplied random number generator and uses it to generate an arbitrary length seed. Note that this type inherits from the (template parameter) type `RANDOM_NUM_GEN` to take advantage of the empty‐base optimization.

== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslh/SeedGenerator/2constructor-05.adoc[`SeedGenerator`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Constructors
| xref:BloombergLP/bslh/SeedGenerator/generateSeed.adoc[`generateSeed`] 
| Generate a seed of the specified length and store it at the specified location.
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