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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, United States Government, as represented by the
+ * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Java Pathfinder core (jpf-core) platform is licensed under the
+ * Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. 
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package gov.nasa.jpf.search.heuristic;
+
+import gov.nasa.jpf.Config;
+import gov.nasa.jpf.vm.VM;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+
+/**
+ * heuristic state prioritizer that returns random priority values
+ */
+public class RandomHeuristic extends SimplePriorityHeuristic {
+
+  protected Random random;
+
+  public RandomHeuristic (Config config, VM vm) {
+    super(config,vm);
+    
+    random = new Random( config.getInt("choice.seed", 42));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected int computeHeuristicValue () {
+    return java.lang.Math.abs(random.nextInt());
+  }
+}