/* @file StochasticProcess.hpp */

#pragma once

#include "AbstractStochasticProcess.hpp"
//#include "refcnt/Refcounted.hpp"
//#include "time/Time.hpp"
#include <string>
#include <utility>

namespace xo {
    namespace process {

// abstraction for a stochastic process.
// - represents a probability space:
//   - a collection of paths
//   - an associated probability measure on path sapce
// - paths may vary continuously with time
// - need not be continuous
// - want to be able to use in simulation,
//   in which case will likely require some discretization
//
        template<typename T>
        class StochasticProcess : public AbstractStochasticProcess {
        public:
            using value_type = T;
            using utc_nanos = xo::time::utc_nanos;
            using event_type = std::pair<utc_nanos, T>;

        public:
            virtual ~StochasticProcess() = default;

            /* starting time for this process */
            virtual utc_nanos t0() const = 0;

            /* starting value of this process */
            virtual T t0_value() const = 0;

            /* sample this process at time t,
             * given preceding known value
             *   {t1, v1}
             * with t1 < t
             */
            virtual value_type exterior_sample(utc_nanos t,
                                               event_type const & lo) = 0;

            /* sample this process at time t,
             * given surrounding known values
             *   {t1, v1}, {t2, v2}
             * with t1 < t < t2
             */
            virtual value_type interior_sample(utc_nanos t,
                                               event_type const & lo,
                                               event_type const & hi) = 0;

#ifdef NOT_IN_USE
            /* sample hitting time
             *    T(a) = inf{t : P(t)=a, t>t1} for process hitting value a,
             * given preceding known value
             *   {t1, v1} = {lo.first, lo.second}
             */
            virtual utc_nanos hitting_time(T const & a,
                                           event_type const & lo) = 0;
#endif

            /* human-readable string identifying this process */
            virtual std::string display_string() const = 0;
        }; /*StochasticProcess*/

    } /*namespace process*/
} /*namespace xo*/

/* end StochasticProcess.hpp */