minimum (base) date
Important in inflation since it starts before nominal reference date. Changes depending whether index is interpolated or not. When interpolated the base date is just observation lag before nominal. When not interpolated it is the beginning of the relevant period (hence it is easy to create interpolated fixings from a not-interpolated curve because interpolation, usually, of fixings is forward looking).
the calendar used for reference and/or option date calculation
the day counter used for date/time conversion
the latest date for which the curve can return values
the latest time for which the curve can return values
Inflation interface
The TS observes with a lag that is usually different from the availability lag of the index. An inflation rate is given, by default, for the maturity requested assuming this lag.
the date at which discount = 1.0 and/or variance = 0.0
Functions to set and get seasonality.
Calling setSeasonality with no arguments means unsetting as the default is used to choose unsetting.
the settlementDays used for reference date calculation
date/time conversion
Abstract base class, inheriting from InflationTermStructure
Since this can create a yoy term structure it does take a YoY index.