Package de.alpharogroup.lottery

Class LotteryExtensions

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.lottery.LotteryExtensions

public final class LotteryExtensions
extends java.lang.Object

The class LotteryExtensions provides utility methods for draw lottery, super numbers and other gambling algorithms.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers, int winningNumbersCount)	Calculate draws for statistics.
static int	calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers, int winningNumbersCount, int maxIterations)	Calculate draws for statistics.
static int	calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket lotteryTicket, de.alpharogroup.lottery.wincategories.LotteryWinCategory lotteryWinCategory)	Calculate how much draws will be needed to win with the given lottery ticket in the given win category. Caution: use with care if win category is first-class this can take a while till a return value is calculated.
static int	calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket lotteryTicket, de.alpharogroup.lottery.wincategories.LotteryWinCategory lotteryWinCategory, int maxIterations)	This method provides calculation of how much draws will be needed to win with the given lottery ticket in the given win category.
static double	calculateElapsedTimeInSeconds(long startTime)	Calculate elapsed time in seconds from the given start time as long to the current system time.
static de.alpharogroup.lottery.evaluation.EvaluatedLotteryNumbers	checkResult(de.alpharogroup.lottery.drawings.DrawnLotteryNumbers drawnLotteryNumbers, de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers)	Checks the result if the drawn lottery numbers are equal to the given played numbers.
static void	evaluate(de.alpharogroup.lottery.drawings.DrawnLotteryNumbers drawnLotteryNumbers, de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket playedLotteryTicket)	Evaluate the given lottery ticket from the given drawn numbers.
static void	setWinCategories(de.alpharogroup.lottery.evaluation.EvaluatedLotteryNumbers evaluatedLotteryNumbers)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

calculateDraws

public static int calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers,
                                 int winningNumbersCount)

Calculate draws for statistics.

Parameters:

lotteryPlayedNumbers - the lottery played numbers

winningNumbersCount - the winning numbers count

Returns:

the int

calculateDraws

public static int calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers,
                                 int winningNumbersCount,
                                 int maxIterations)

Calculate draws for statistics.

Parameters:

lotteryPlayedNumbers - the lottery played numbers

winningNumbersCount - the winning numbers count

maxIterations - the max iterations in the while loop

Returns:

the int

calculateDraws

public static int calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket lotteryTicket,
                                 de.alpharogroup.lottery.wincategories.LotteryWinCategory lotteryWinCategory)

Calculate how much draws will be needed to win with the given lottery ticket in the given win category.
Caution: use with care if win category is first-class this can take a while till a return value is calculated.

Parameters:

lotteryTicket - the lottery ticket

lotteryWinCategory - the lottery win category

Returns:

the quantity of draws for win of the given ticket

calculateDraws

public static int calculateDraws(de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket lotteryTicket,
                                 de.alpharogroup.lottery.wincategories.LotteryWinCategory lotteryWinCategory,
                                 int maxIterations)

This method provides calculation of how much draws will be needed to win with the given lottery ticket in the given win category. Can be used for statistics.
Caution: use with care if win category is first-class this can take a while till a return value is calculated.

Parameters:

lotteryTicket - the lottery ticket

lotteryWinCategory - the lottery win category

maxIterations - the max iterations in the while loop

Returns:

the quantity of draws for win of the given ticket

calculateElapsedTimeInSeconds

public static double calculateElapsedTimeInSeconds(long startTime)

Calculate elapsed time in seconds from the given start time as long to the current system time. This is useful for benchmarking

Parameters:

startTime - the start time

Returns:

The elapsed time in double

checkResult

public static de.alpharogroup.lottery.evaluation.EvaluatedLotteryNumbers checkResult(de.alpharogroup.lottery.drawings.DrawnLotteryNumbers drawnLotteryNumbers,
                                                                                     de.alpharogroup.lottery.played.LotteryPlayedNumbers lotteryPlayedNumbers)

Checks the result if the drawn lottery numbers are equal to the given played numbers. The result is a EvaluatedLotteryNumbers object that keep the winning numbers.

Parameters:

drawnLotteryNumbers - the drawn lottery numbers are the numbers that are drawn from the lottery corporation

lotteryPlayedNumbers - the lottery played numbers are the numbers that are played from the users

Returns:

the won numbers

evaluate

public static void evaluate(de.alpharogroup.lottery.drawings.DrawnLotteryNumbers drawnLotteryNumbers,
                            de.alpharogroup.lottery.ticket.LotteryTicket playedLotteryTicket)

Evaluate the given lottery ticket from the given drawn numbers.

Parameters:

drawnLotteryNumbers - the drawn lottery numbers

playedLotteryTicket - the played lottery ticket

setWinCategories

public static void setWinCategories(de.alpharogroup.lottery.evaluation.EvaluatedLotteryNumbers evaluatedLotteryNumbers)