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## java.security
Class SecureRandomSpi

    java.lang.Object
      java.security.SecureRandomSpi

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable

    public abstract class SecureRandomSpi

extends Object
implements Serializable

This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the `SecureRandom` class. All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each service provider who wishes to supply the implementation of a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator.

Since:
  1.2
See Also:
  `SecureRandom`, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`SecureRandomSpi()`

Method Summary
`protected abstract byte[]` | `engineGenerateSeed(int numBytes)` Returns the given number of seed bytes.
`protected abstract void` | `engineNextBytes(byte[] bytes)` Generates a user-specified number of random bytes.
`protected abstract void` | `engineSetSeed(byte[] seed)` Reseeds this random object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### SecureRandomSpi

    public SecureRandomSpi()

Method Detail

### engineSetSeed

    protected abstract void engineSetSeed(byte[] seed)

  Reseeds this random object. The given seed supplements, rather than replaces, the existing seed. Thus, repeated calls are guaranteed never to reduce randomness.

  Parameters:
    `seed` - the seed.

### engineNextBytes

    protected abstract void engineNextBytes(byte[] bytes)

  Generates a user-specified number of random bytes.

  If a call to `engineSetSeed` had not occurred previously, the first call to this method forces this SecureRandom implementation to seed itself. This self-seeding will not occur if `engineSetSeed` was previously called.

  Parameters:
    `bytes` - the array to be filled in with random bytes.

### engineGenerateSeed

    protected abstract byte[] engineGenerateSeed(int numBytes)

  Returns the given number of seed bytes. This call may be used to seed other random number generators.

  Parameters:
    `numBytes` - the number of seed bytes to generate.
  Returns:
    the seed bytes.

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