piecewiseconstantcorrelation.hpp

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 Copyright (C) 2007 Ferdinando Ametrano
 Copyright (C) 2007 Mark Joshi
 
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#ifndef quantlib_piecewise_constant_correlation_hpp
#define quantlib_piecewise_constant_correlation_hpp
 
#include <ql/math/matrix.hpp>
#include <vector>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    class Matrix;
 
    // corrTimes must include all rateTimes but the last
    class PiecewiseConstantCorrelation {
      public:
        virtual ~PiecewiseConstantCorrelation() = default;
        virtual const std::vector<Time>& times() const = 0;
        virtual const std::vector<Time>& rateTimes() const = 0;
        virtual const std::vector<Matrix>& correlations() const = 0;
        virtual const Matrix& correlation(Size i) const;
        virtual Size numberOfRates() const = 0;
    };
 
    inline const Matrix&
    PiecewiseConstantCorrelation::correlation(Size i) const {
        const std::vector<Matrix>& results = correlations();
        QL_REQUIRE(i<results.size(),
                   "index (" << i <<
                   ") must be less than correlations vector size (" <<
                   results.size() << ")");
        return results[i];
    }
 
}
 
#endif