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+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+
+#ifndef SRC_RANDOM_H_
+#define SRC_RANDOM_H_
+
+#include <random>
+
+namespace protobuf_mutator {
+
+using RandomEngine = std::mt19937;
+
+}  // namespace protobuf_mutator
+
+#endif  // SRC_RANDOM_H_