//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Combines a number of rates providers.
/// <para>
/// If the two providers have curves or time series for the same currency or index,
/// an <seealso cref="IllegalAccessException"/> is thrown.
/// The FxRateProviders is not populated with the given provider; no attempt is done on merging the embedded FX providers.
///
/// </para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fx"> the FX provider for the resulting rate provider </param>
/// <param name="providers"> the rates providers to be merged </param>
/// <returns> the combined rates provider </returns>
public static ImmutableRatesProvider combined(FxRateProvider fx, params ImmutableRatesProvider[] providers)
{
ArgChecker.isTrue(providers.Length > 0, "at least one provider requested");
ImmutableRatesProvider merged = ImmutableRatesProvider.builder(providers[0].ValuationDate).build();
foreach (ImmutableRatesProvider provider in providers)
{
merged = merged.combinedWith(provider, fx);
}
return(merged);
}
