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+//
+// Copyright 2018 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// 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
+//
+//      https://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.
+//
+
+#ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_DISTRIBUTION_CALLER_H_
+#define ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_DISTRIBUTION_CALLER_H_
+
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace random_internal {
+
+// DistributionCaller provides an opportunity to overload the general
+// mechanism for calling a distribution, allowing for mock-RNG classes
+// to intercept such calls.
+template <typename URBG>
+struct DistributionCaller {
+  // Call the provided distribution type. The parameters are expected
+  // to be explicitly specified.
+  // DistrT is the distribution type.
+  // FormatT is the formatter type:
+  //
+  // struct FormatT {
+  //   using result_type = distribution_t::result_type;
+  //   static std::string FormatCall(
+  //       const distribution_t& distr,
+  //       absl::Span<const result_type>);
+  //
+  //   static std::string FormatExpectation(
+  //       absl::string_view match_args,
+  //       absl::Span<const result_t> results);
+  // }
+  //
+  template <typename DistrT, typename FormatT, typename... Args>
+  static typename DistrT::result_type Call(URBG* urbg, Args&&... args) {
+    DistrT dist(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    return dist(*urbg);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace random_internal
+}  // namespace absl
+
+#endif  // ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_DISTRIBUTION_CALLER_H_