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/*
 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Ferdinando Ametrano
 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap srl
 Copyright (C) 2007 StatPro Italia srl

 This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/

 QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a
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 <quantlib-dev@lists.sf.net>. The license is also available online at
 <http://quantlib.org/license.shtml>.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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*/

/*! \file pricingengine.hpp
    \brief Base class for pricing engines
*/

#ifndef quantlib_pricing_engine_hpp
#define quantlib_pricing_engine_hpp

#include <ql/patterns/observable.hpp>

namespace QuantLib {

    //! interface for pricing engines
    class PricingEngine : public Observable {
      public:
        class arguments;
        class results;
        virtual ~PricingEngine() {}
        virtual arguments* getArguments() const = 0;
        virtual const results* getResults() const = 0;
        virtual void reset() = 0;
        virtual void calculate() const = 0;
    };

    class PricingEngine::arguments {
      public:
        virtual ~arguments() {}
        virtual void validate() const = 0;
    };

    class PricingEngine::results {
      public:
        virtual ~results() {}
        virtual void reset() = 0;
    };


    //! template base class for option pricing engines
    /*! Derived engines only need to implement
        the <tt>calculate()</tt> method.
    */
    template<class ArgumentsType, class ResultsType>
    class GenericEngine : public PricingEngine {
      public:
        PricingEngine::arguments* getArguments() const { return &arguments_; }
        const PricingEngine::results* getResults() const { return &results_; }
        void reset() { results_.reset(); }
      protected:
        mutable ArgumentsType arguments_;
        mutable ResultsType results_;
    };

}


#endif