/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /* Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap 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 impliedtermstructure.hpp \brief Implied term structure */ #ifndef quantlib_implied_term_structure_hpp #define quantlib_implied_term_structure_hpp #include namespace QuantLib { //! Implied term structure at a given date in the future /*! The given date will be the implied reference date. \note This term structure will remain linked to the original structure, i.e., any changes in the latter will be reflected in this structure as well. \ingroup yieldtermstructures \test - the correctness of the returned values is tested by checking them against numerical calculations. - observability against changes in the underlying term structure is checked. */ class ImpliedTermStructure : public YieldTermStructure { public: ImpliedTermStructure(const Handle&, const Date& referenceDate); //! \name YieldTermStructure interface //@{ DayCounter dayCounter() const { return originalCurve_->dayCounter(); } Calendar calendar() const; Date maxDate() const; //@} protected: //! returns the discount factor as seen from the evaluation date DiscountFactor discountImpl(Time) const; private: Handle originalCurve_; }; // inline definitions inline ImpliedTermStructure::ImpliedTermStructure( const Handle& h, const Date& referenceDate) : YieldTermStructure(referenceDate), originalCurve_(h) { registerWith(originalCurve_); } inline Calendar ImpliedTermStructure::calendar() const { return originalCurve_->calendar(); } inline Date ImpliedTermStructure::maxDate() const { return originalCurve_->maxDate(); } inline DiscountFactor ImpliedTermStructure::discountImpl(Time t) const { /* t is relative to the current reference date and needs to be converted to the time relative to the reference date of the original curve */ Date ref = referenceDate(); Time originalTime = t + dayCounter().yearFraction( originalCurve_->referenceDate(), ref); /* discount at evaluation date cannot be cached since the original curve could change between invocations of this method */ return originalCurve_->discount(originalTime, true) / originalCurve_->discount(ref, true); } } #endif