MultiSatStepHandler.java

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package org.orekit.propagation.sampling;

import java.util.List;

import org.orekit.errors.OrekitException;
import org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;

/** This interface is a space-dynamics aware step handler for {@link
 * org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer multi-sat propagation}.
 *
 * <p>It is a multi-satellite version of the {@link OrekitStepHandler}.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @since 9.0
 */
public interface MultiSatStepHandler {

    /** Initialize step handler at the start of a propagation.
     * <p>
     * This method is called once at the start of the propagation. It
     * may be used by the step handler to initialize some internal data
     * if needed.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * The default method does nothing
     * </p>
     * @param states0 initial states, one for each satellite in the same order
     * used to {@link org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer#PropagatorsParallelizer(List, MultiSatStepHandler)
     * build} the {@link org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer multi-sat propagator}.
     * @param t target time for the integration
     * @exception OrekitException if step handler cannot be initialized
     */
    default void init(final List<SpacecraftState> states0, final AbsoluteDate t)
        throws OrekitException {
        // nothing by default
    }

    /** Handle the current step.
     * <p>
     * When called by {@link org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer PropagatorsParallelizer},
     * all interpolators have the same time range.
     * </p>
     * @param interpolators interpolators set up for the current step in the same order
     * used to {@link org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer#PropagatorsParallelizer(List, MultiSatStepHandler)
     * build} the {@link org.orekit.propagation.PropagatorsParallelizer multi-sat propagator}
     * @param isLast if true, this is the last integration step
     * @exception OrekitException if step cannot be handled
     */
    void handleStep(List<OrekitStepInterpolator> interpolators, boolean isLast)
        throws OrekitException;

}