primes.java

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package com.sun.electric.tool.ncc.basic;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * Generate Prime numbers 
 */
public class Primes {
	private static int trial = 3;
	private static ArrayList<Integer> primes = new ArrayList<Integer>();
	static {
		primes.add(new Integer(2));
	}
	private static void findNextPrime() {
		while (true) {
			for (int i=0; i<primes.size(); i++) {
				int prime = ((Integer)primes.get(i)).intValue();
				int r = trial % prime;
				if (r==0) break;	// trial not prime
				int q = trial / prime;
				// Knuth. Fundamental Algorithms. pp 142
				if (q<=prime) {
					primes.add(new Integer(trial));
					trial += 2;
					return;
				}
			}
			trial += 2;
		}
	}
	public static int get(int nth) {
		while (primes.size()-1<nth) findNextPrime();

		return ((Integer) primes.get(nth)).intValue();
	}
}