/*
 Copyright (C) 2007 Richard Gomes

 This source code is release under the BSD License.
 
 This file is part of JQuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://jquantlib.org/

 JQuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the JQuantLib license.  You should have received a
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 . 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.
 
 JQuantLib is based on QuantLib. http://quantlib.org/
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 */

/*
 Copyright (C) 2003 Ferdinando Ametrano
 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.
*/

package org.jquantlib.methods.montecarlo;

import org.jquantlib.math.Ops;


/**
 * Base class for path pricers
 * 

 * Returns the value of an option on a given path.
 * 
 * @category mcarlo
 * 
 * @author Richard Gomes
 */
//FIXME: study how to solve warning on usage of type Double
public abstract class PathPricer implements Ops.Op {

	public PathPricer() {
        if (System.getProperty("EXPERIMENTAL")==null) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Work in progress");
        }
	}
	
	public abstract Double op(final PathType path);

}