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/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
 
/*
 Copyright (C) 2006 Mark Joshi
 
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#ifndef quantlib_brownian_generator_hpp
#define quantlib_brownian_generator_hpp
 
#include <ql/types.hpp>
#include <ql/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <vector>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    class BrownianGenerator {
      public:
        virtual ~BrownianGenerator() = default;
 
        virtual Real nextStep(std::vector<Real>&) = 0;
        virtual Real nextPath() = 0;
 
        virtual Size numberOfFactors() const = 0;
        virtual Size numberOfSteps() const = 0;
    };
 
    class BrownianGeneratorFactory {
      public:
        virtual ~BrownianGeneratorFactory() = default;
 
        virtual ext::shared_ptr<BrownianGenerator> create(Size factors,
                                                            Size steps) const = 0;
    };
 
}
 
#endif