How do I generate a random integer between min and max in Java?

Question

What method returns a random int between a min and max? Or does no such method exist?

What I\'m looking for is something like this:

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Answer 1

Construct a Random object at application startup:

Random random = new Random();

Then use Random.nextInt(int):

int randomNumber = random.nextInt(max + 1 - min) + min;

Note that the both lower and upper limits are inclusive.