synthpop.modules.age._age
=========================

.. py:module:: synthpop.modules.age._age

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   The base class for age distribution modules.



Classes
-------

.. autoapisummary::

   synthpop.modules.age._age.Age


Module Contents
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.. py:class:: Age(sun: types.ModuleType = None, coord_trans: types.ModuleType = None, logger: types.ModuleType = None, **kwargs)

   Bases: :py:obj:`abc.ABC`


   The Age base class. 


   .. py:attribute:: age_func_name
      :value: 'None'



   .. py:attribute:: sun


   .. py:attribute:: coord_trans
      :value: None



   .. py:attribute:: logger
      :value: None



   .. py:method:: draw_random_age(N: int = None) -> np.ndarray or float
      :abstractmethod:


      Generate a random age from the distribution

      Parameters
      ----------
      N : int, None, optional
          if N is set to an integer, an array with N random ages is returned

      Returns
      -------
      random_age : ndarray or float [Gyr]
          array of random ages



   .. py:method:: average_age() -> float
      :abstractmethod:


      Returns the average age of the distribution



   .. py:method:: get_maximum_age() -> float
      :abstractmethod:


      Returns the maximum age generated by the distribution
      if there is no maximum, it should return None.