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/*! \file localvolsurface.hpp
    \brief Local volatility surface derived from a Black vol surface
*/
 
#ifndef quantlib_localvolsurface_hpp
#define quantlib_localvolsurface_hpp
 
#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/equityfx/localvoltermstructure.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    class BlackVolTermStructure;
    class YieldTermStructure;
    class Quote;
 
    //! Local volatility surface derived from a Black vol surface
    /*! For details about this implementation refer to
        "Stochastic Volatility and Local Volatility," in
        "Case Studies and Financial Modelling Course Notes," by
        Jim Gatheral, Fall Term, 2003
 
        see www.math.nyu.edu/fellows_fin_math/gatheral/Lecture1_Fall02.pdf
 
        \bug this class is untested, probably unreliable.
    */
    class LocalVolSurface : public LocalVolTermStructure {
      public:
        LocalVolSurface(const Handle<BlackVolTermStructure>& blackTS,
                        Handle<YieldTermStructure> riskFreeTS,
                        Handle<YieldTermStructure> dividendTS,
                        Handle<Quote> underlying);
        LocalVolSurface(const Handle<BlackVolTermStructure>& blackTS,
                        Handle<YieldTermStructure> riskFreeTS,
                        Handle<YieldTermStructure> dividendTS,
                        Real underlying);
        //! \name TermStructure interface
        //@{
        const Date& referenceDate() const override;
        DayCounter dayCounter() const override;
        Date maxDate() const override;
        //@}
        //! \name VolatilityTermStructure interface
        //@{
        Real minStrike() const override;
        Real maxStrike() const override;
        //@}
        //! \name Visitability
        //@{
        void accept(AcyclicVisitor&) override;
        //@}
      protected:
        Volatility localVolImpl(Time, Real) const override;
 
      private:
        Handle<BlackVolTermStructure> blackTS_;
        Handle<YieldTermStructure> riskFreeTS_, dividendTS_;
        Handle<Quote> underlying_;
    };
 
}
 
#endif