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    /**
     * Creates a new random number generator. This constructor sets
     * the seed of the random number generator to a value very likely
     * to be distinct from any other invocation of this constructor.
     */
    public Random() {
        this(seedUniquifier() ^ System.nanoTime());
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new random number generator using a single {@code long} seed.
     * The seed is the initial value of the internal state of the pseudorandom
     * number generator which is maintained by method {@link #next}.
     *
     * <p>The invocation {@code new Random(seed)} is equivalent to:
     *  <pre> {@code
     * Random rnd = new Random();
     * rnd.setSeed(seed);}</pre>
     *
     * @param seed the initial seed
     * @see   #setSeed(long)
     */
    public Random(long seed) {
        if (getClass() == Random.class)
            this.seed = new AtomicLong(initialScramble(seed));
        else {
            // subclass might have overriden setSeed
            this.seed = new AtomicLong();
            setSeed(seed);
        }
    }