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/*! \file settings.hpp
    \brief global repository for run-time library settings
*/

#ifndef quantlib_settings_hpp
#define quantlib_settings_hpp

#include <ql/patterns/singleton.hpp>
#include <ql/time/date.hpp>
#include <ql/utilities/observablevalue.hpp>

namespace QuantLib {

    //! global repository for run-time library settings
    class Settings : public Singleton<Settings> {
        friend class Singleton<Settings>;
      private:
        Settings() : enforceTodaysHistoricFixings_(false) {}
        class DateProxy : public ObservableValue<Date> {
          public:
            DateProxy();
            DateProxy& operator=(const Date&);
            operator Date() const;
        };
        friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const DateProxy&);
      public:
        //! the date at which pricing is to be performed.
        /*! Client code can inspect the evaluation date, as in:
            \code
            Date d = Settings::instance().evaluationDate();
            \endcode
            where today's date is returned if the evaluation date is
            set to the null date (its default value;) can set it to a
            new value, as in:
            \code
            Settings::instance().evaluationDate() = d;
            \endcode
            and can register with it, as in:
            \code
            registerWith(Settings::instance().evaluationDate());
            \endcode
            to be notified when it is set to a new value.
            \warning a notification is not sent when the evaluation
                     date changes for natural causes---i.e., a date
                     was not explicitly set (which results in today's
                     date being used for pricing) and the current date
                     changes as the clock strikes midnight.
        */
        DateProxy& evaluationDate();
        const DateProxy& evaluationDate() const;
        bool enforceTodaysHistoricFixings() const {
            return enforceTodaysHistoricFixings_;
        }
        void setEnforceTodaysHistoricFixings(bool b = true) {
            enforceTodaysHistoricFixings_ = b;
        }
      private:
        DateProxy evaluationDate_;
        bool enforceTodaysHistoricFixings_;
    };


    // inline definitions

    inline Settings::DateProxy& Settings::evaluationDate() {
        return evaluationDate_;
    }

    inline const Settings::DateProxy& Settings::evaluationDate() const {
        return evaluationDate_;
    }

    inline Settings::DateProxy::DateProxy() : ObservableValue<Date>(Date()) {}

    inline Settings::DateProxy::operator Date() const {
        if (value() == Date())
            return Date::todaysDate();
        else
            return value();
    }

    inline
    Settings::DateProxy& Settings::DateProxy::operator=(const Date& d) {
        ObservableValue<Date>::operator=(d);
        return *this;
    }

    inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
                                    const Settings::DateProxy& p) {
        return out << Date(p);
    }

}


#endif