Coding pattern for random percentage branching?

Question

So let\'s say we have a code block that we want to execute 70% of times and another one 30% of times.

if(Math.random() < 0.7)
    70percentmethod();
else
         


        

Answer 1

I'd do that something like this:

class RandomMethod {
    private final Runnable method;
    private final int probability;

    RandomMethod(Runnable method, int probability){
        this.method = method;
        this.probability = probability;
    }

    public int getProbability() { return probability; }
    public void run()      { method.run(); }
}

class MethodChooser {
    private final List<RandomMethod> methods;
    private final int total;

    MethodChooser(final List<RandomMethod> methods) {
        this.methods = methods;
        this.total = methods.stream().collect(
            Collectors.summingInt(RandomMethod::getProbability)
        );
    }

    public void chooseMethod() {
        final Random random = new Random();
        final int choice = random.nextInt(total);

        int count = 0;
        for (final RandomMethod method : methods)
        {
            count += method.getProbability();
            if (choice < count) {
                method.run();
                return;
            }
        }
    }
}

Sample usage:

MethodChooser chooser = new MethodChooser(Arrays.asList(
    new RandomMethod(Blah::aaa, 1),
    new RandomMethod(Blah::bbb, 3),
    new RandomMethod(Blah::ccc, 1)
));

IntStream.range(0, 100).forEach(
    i -> chooser.chooseMethod()
);

Run it here.