net.finmath.marketdata.model.curves

Interface CurveBuilderInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

Curve.CurveBuilder, PiecewiseCurve.CurveBuilder, SeasonalCurve.CurveBuilder

public interface CurveBuilderInterface

Interface of builders which allow to build curve objects by successively adding points. Points cannot be added directly to a curve since curve objects are immutable (cannot be changed at a later time, i.e., after construction). Instead, a clone with an additional point is created. To efficiently create a new curve by successively adding points use this builder.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CurveBuilderInterface	addPoint(double time, double value, boolean isParameter) Add a point to the curve.
CurveInterface	build() Build the curve.

Method Detail

build

CurveInterface build()
              throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Build the curve. The method returns the curve object. The builder cannot be used to build another curve. Use clone instead.

Returns:

The curve according to the specification.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - Thrown if the curve could not be build (likely due to a template throwing CloneNotSupportedException.

addPoint

CurveBuilderInterface addPoint(double time,
                               double value,
                               boolean isParameter)

Add a point to the curve.

Parameters:

time - The time of the corresponding point.

value - The value of the corresponding point.

isParameter - A boolean, specifying weather the point should be considered a free parameter (true) or not (false). Fee parameters can be used to create a clone with modified values, see Curve.getCloneForParameter(double[])

Returns:

A self reference to this curve build object.