/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /* Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap srl Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 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 copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email . The license is also available online at . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details. */ /*! \file forwardstructure.hpp \brief Forward-based yield term structure */ #ifndef quantlib_forward_structure_hpp #define quantlib_forward_structure_hpp #include namespace QuantLib { //! %Forward-rate term structure /*! This abstract class acts as an adapter to TermStructure allowing the programmer to implement only the forwardImpl(const Date&, bool) method in derived classes. Zero yields and discounts are calculated from forwards. Rates are assumed to be annual continuous compounding. \ingroup yieldtermstructures */ class ForwardRateStructure : public YieldTermStructure { public: /*! \name Constructors See the TermStructure documentation for issues regarding constructors. */ //@{ ForwardRateStructure(const DayCounter& dayCounter =Actual365Fixed()); ForwardRateStructure(const Date& referenceDate, const Calendar& cal = Calendar(), const DayCounter& dayCounter =Actual365Fixed()); ForwardRateStructure(Natural settlementDays, const Calendar&, const DayCounter& dayCounter =Actual365Fixed()); //@} virtual ~ForwardRateStructure() {} protected: //! \name YieldTermStructure implementation //@{ /*! Returns the discount factor for the given date calculating it from the instantaneous forward rate. */ DiscountFactor discountImpl(Time) const; //! instantaneous forward-rate calculation virtual Rate forwardImpl(Time) const = 0; /*! Returns the zero yield rate for the given date calculating it from the instantaneous forward rate. \warning This is just a default, highly inefficient and possibly wildly inaccurate implementation. Derived classes should implement their own zeroYield method. */ virtual Rate zeroYieldImpl(Time) const; //@} }; // inline definitions inline ForwardRateStructure::ForwardRateStructure(const DayCounter& dc) : YieldTermStructure(dc) {} inline ForwardRateStructure::ForwardRateStructure(const Date& refDate, const Calendar& cal, const DayCounter& dc) : YieldTermStructure(refDate, cal, dc) {} inline ForwardRateStructure::ForwardRateStructure(Natural settlDays, const Calendar& cal, const DayCounter& dc) : YieldTermStructure(settlDays, cal, dc) {} inline Rate ForwardRateStructure::zeroYieldImpl(Time t) const { if (t == 0.0) return forwardImpl(0.0); // implement smarter integration if plan to use the following code Rate sum = 0.5*forwardImpl(0.0); Size N = 1000; Time dt = t/N; for (Time i=dt; i