/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */

/*
 Copyright (C) 2006 Joseph Wang

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 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/

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*/

/*! \file volatilitymodel.hpp
    \brief Volatility term structures
*/

#ifndef quantlib_volatility_model_hpp
#define quantlib_volatility_model_hpp

#include <ql/types.hpp>
#include <ql/timeseries.hpp>


namespace QuantLib {

    template <class T>
    class LocalVolatilityEstimator {
    public:
        virtual ~LocalVolatilityEstimator() {};
        virtual TimeSeries<Volatility>
        calculate(const TimeSeries<T> &quoteSeries) = 0;
    };

    class VolatilityCompositor {
      public:
        virtual ~VolatilityCompositor() {};
        virtual TimeSeries<Volatility>
        calculate(const TimeSeries<Volatility>& volatilitySeries) = 0;
        virtual void calibrate(const TimeSeries<Volatility>& volatilitySeries) = 0;
    };

}


#endif
