AccelerationModel.java

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package org.orekit.forces.empirical;

import java.util.List;

import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;
import org.orekit.propagation.FieldSpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.utils.ParameterDriver;

/** Acceleration model used by empirical force.
 * @author Bryan Cazabonne
 * @since 10.3
 */
public interface AccelerationModel {

    /** Initialize the acceleration model at the start of the propagation.
     * <p>
     * The default implementation of this method does nothing
     * </p>
     * @param initialState spacecraft state at the start of propagation.
     * @param target       date of propagation. Not equal to {@code initialState.getDate()}.
     */
    default void init(SpacecraftState initialState, AbsoluteDate target) {
        // Nothing by default
    }

    /** Compute the signed amplitude of the acceleration.
     * <p>
     * The acceleration is the direction multiplied by the signed amplitude. So if
     * signed amplitude is negative, the acceleratin is towards the opposite of the
     * direction specified at construction.
     * </p>
     * @param state current state information: date, kinematics, attitude
     * @param parameters values of the force model parameters
     * @return norm of the acceleration
     */
    double signedAmplitude(SpacecraftState state, double[] parameters);

    /** Compute the signed amplitude of the acceleration.
     * <p>
     * The acceleration is the direction multiplied by the signed amplitude. So if
     * signed amplitude is negative, the acceleratin is towards the opposite of the
     * direction specified at construction.
     * </p>
     * @param state current state information: date, kinematics, attitude
     * @param parameters values of the force model parameters
     * @param <T> type of the elements
     * @return norm of the acceleration
     */
    <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> T signedAmplitude(FieldSpacecraftState<T> state, T[] parameters);

    /** Get the drivers for acceleration model parameters.
     * @return drivers for acceleration model parameters
     */
    List<ParameterDriver> getParametersDrivers();

}