Block.java

package org.drip.portfolioconstruction.core;

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

/*!
 * Copyright (C) 2020 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
 * Copyright (C) 2019 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
 * Copyright (C) 2017 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
 * 
 *  This file is part of DROP, an open-source library targeting analytics/risk, transaction cost analytics,
 *      asset liability management analytics, capital, exposure, and margin analytics, valuation adjustment
 *      analytics, and portfolio construction analytics within and across fixed income, credit, commodity,
 *      equity, FX, and structured products. It also includes auxiliary libraries for algorithm support,
 *      numerical analysis, numerical optimization, spline builder, model validation, statistical learning,
 *      and computational support.
 *  
 *      https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/
 *  
 *  DROP is composed of three modules:
 *  
 *  - DROP Product Core - https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP-Product-Core/
 *  - DROP Portfolio Core - https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP-Portfolio-Core/
 *  - DROP Computational Core - https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP-Computational-Core/
 * 
 *  DROP Product Core implements libraries for the following:
 *  - Fixed Income Analytics
 *  - Loan Analytics
 *  - Transaction Cost Analytics
 * 
 *  DROP Portfolio Core implements libraries for the following:
 *  - Asset Allocation Analytics
 *  - Asset Liability Management Analytics
 *  - Capital Estimation Analytics
 *  - Exposure Analytics
 *  - Margin Analytics
 *  - XVA Analytics
 * 
 *  DROP Computational Core implements libraries for the following:
 *  - Algorithm Support
 *  - Computation Support
 *  - Function Analysis
 *  - Model Validation
 *  - Numerical Analysis
 *  - Numerical Optimizer
 *  - Spline Builder
 *  - Statistical Learning
 * 
 *  Documentation for DROP is Spread Over:
 * 
 *  - Main                     => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/
 *  - Wiki                     => https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/wiki
 *  - GitHub                   => https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP
 *  - Repo Layout Taxonomy     => https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/blob/master/Taxonomy.md
 *  - Javadoc                  => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/Javadoc/index.html
 *  - Technical Specifications => https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/tree/master/Docs/Internal
 *  - Release Versions         => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/version.html
 *  - Community Credits        => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/credits.html
 *  - Issues Catalog           => https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/issues
 *  - JUnit                    => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/junit/index.html
 *  - Jacoco                   => https://lakshmidrip.github.io/DROP/jacoco/index.html
 * 
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  
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 *      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *      limitations under the License.
 */

/**
 * <i>Block</i> forms the Base underneath all Portfolio Construction Objects.
 *
 *  <br><br>
 *  <ul>
 *      <li><b>Module </b> = <a href = "https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/tree/master/PortfolioCore.md">Portfolio Core Module</a></li>
 *      <li><b>Library</b> = <a href = "https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/tree/master/AssetAllocationAnalyticsLibrary.md">Asset Allocation Analytics</a></li>
 *      <li><b>Project</b> = <a href = "https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/tree/master/src/main/java/org/drip/portfolioconstruction/README.md">Portfolio Construction under Allocation Constraints</a></li>
 *      <li><b>Package</b> = <a href = "https://github.com/lakshmiDRIP/DROP/tree/master/src/main/java/org/drip/portfolioconstruction/core/README.md">Core Portfolio Construction Component Suite</a></li>
 *  </ul>
 * <br><br>
 *
 * @author Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
 */

public class Block
{
    private java.lang.String _id = "";
    private java.lang.String _name = "";
    private java.lang.String _description = "";
    private java.util.Date _dateTimeStamp = null;

    /**
     * Construct a Standard Instance of a Block
     * 
     * @param name The Block Name
     * 
     * @return The Standard Block Instance
     */

    public static final Block Standard (
        final java.lang.String name)
    {
        try
        {
            return new Block (
                name,
                name,
                name
            );
        }
        catch (java.lang.Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Block Constructor
     * 
     * @param name The Name
     * @param id The ID
     * @param description The Description
     * 
     * @throws java.lang.Exception Thrown if the Inputs are Invalid
     */

    public Block (
        final java.lang.String name,
        final java.lang.String id,
        final java.lang.String description)
        throws java.lang.Exception
    {
        if (null == (_name = name) || _name.isEmpty() ||
            null == (_id = id) || _id.isEmpty() ||
            null == (_description = description) || _description.isEmpty())
        {
            throw new java.lang.Exception (
                "Block Constructor => Invalid Inputs"
            );
        }

        _dateTimeStamp = new java.util.Date();
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the Name
     * 
     * @return The Name
     */

    public java.lang.String name()
    {
        return _name;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the ID
     * 
     * @return The ID
     */

    public java.lang.String id()
    {
        return _id;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the Description
     * 
     * @return The Description
     */

    public java.lang.String description()
    {
        return _description;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the Creation Time Stamp
     * 
     * @return The Creation Time Stamp
     */

    public java.util.Date timeStamp()
    {
        return _dateTimeStamp;
    }
}