alexhawat hw3 discount factor

DiscountFactor.py

class DiscountFactor(object):
    '''
    class that holds a discount factor for a specified interval
    '''

    ### DON'T NEED THIS
    #counter is a "Class Variable" for the number of created instances of DiscountFactor
    counter = 0

    def __init__(self, ref_date, slice_date, factor):
        '''
        Constructor
        ref_date: SerialDate object holding the reference date (start of interval)
        slice_date: SerialDate object holding the discount factor date/end of interval (or the date of the transfer)
        factor: float holding the discount factor 
        '''
        ### DON'T NEED TO CALL SUPER CONSTRUCTOR WHEN EXTENDING object
        super(DiscountFactor, self).__init__()
        ### PLEASE FOLLOW NAMING CONVENTION
        self.reference_date=ref_date
        self.discount_factor_date=slice_date
        self.factor=factor