#' @include Forecaster.R
#'
#' @title Average Forecaster
#'
#' @description Return the (pointwise) average of the all the (similar) centered day curves
#'   in the past. Inherits \code{\link{Forecaster}}
AverageForecaster = setRefClass(
	Class = "AverageForecaster",
	contains = "Forecaster",

	methods = list(
		initialize = function(...)
		{
			callSuper(...)
		},
		predictShape = function(today, memory, horizon, ...)
		{
			avg = rep(0., horizon)
			first_day = max(1, today-memory)
			index = today-7 + 1
			nb_no_na_series = 0
			repeat
			{
				{
					serie_on_horizon = data$getCenteredSerie(index)[1:horizon]
					index = index - 7
				};
				if (!any(is.na(serie_on_horizon)))
				{
					avg = avg + serie_on_horizon
					nb_no_na_series = nb_no_na_series + 1
				};
				if (index < first_day)
					break
			}
			avg / nb_no_na_series
		}
	)
)