CurveBuilder (finmath lib 5.0.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CurveInterpolation.Builder, PiecewiseCurve.Builder, SeasonalCurve.Builder
```
public interface CurveBuilder
```
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.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Christian Fries

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CurveBuilder`	`addPoint(double time, double value, boolean isParameter)`	Add a point to the curve.
`Curve`	`build()`	Build the curve.

- Method Detail
  - build
```
Curve build()
     throws 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:
    
    CloneNotSupportedException - Thrown if the curve could not be build (likely due to a template throwing CloneNotSupportedException.
  - addPoint
```
CurveBuilder 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 CurveInterpolation.getCloneForParameter(double[])
    
    Returns:
    
    A self reference to this curve build object.