UT1Scale.java

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package org.orekit.time;

import org.orekit.frames.EOPHistory;

/** Universal Time 1.
 * <p>UT1 is a time scale directly linked to the actual rotation of the Earth.
 * It is an irregular scale, reflecting Earth irregular rotation rate. The offset
 * between UT1 and {@link UTCScale UTC} is found in the Earth Orientation
 * Parameters published by IERS.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @see AbsoluteDate
 * @since 5.1
 */
public class UT1Scale implements TimeScale {

    /** Serializable UID. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20131209L;

    /** UTC scale. */
    private final UTCScale utc;

    /** EOP history. */
    private final EOPHistory eopHistory;

    /** Package private constructor for the factory.
     * @param eopHistory user supplied EOP history (may be null)
     * @param utc UTC time scale
     */
    UT1Scale(final EOPHistory eopHistory, final UTCScale utc) {
        this.eopHistory = eopHistory;
        this.utc        = utc;
    }

    /** Get the EOP history.
     * @return eop history (may be null)
     */
    public EOPHistory getEOPHistory() {
        return eopHistory;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double offsetFromTAI(final AbsoluteDate date) {
        final double dtu1        = eopHistory == null ? 0 : eopHistory.getUT1MinusUTC(date);
        final double utcMinusTai = utc.offsetFromTAI(date);
        return utcMinusTai + dtu1;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public double offsetToTAI(final DateComponents date, final TimeComponents time) {
        final AbsoluteDate reference = new AbsoluteDate(date, time, TimeScalesFactory.getTAI());
        double offset = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            offset = -offsetFromTAI(reference.shiftedBy(offset));
        }
        return offset;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String getName() {
        return "UT1";
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public String toString() {
        return getName();
    }

}