Package org.orekit.time

Interface TimeStamped

All Known Subinterfaces:

ComparableMeasurement, GPSOrbitalElements, NormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.NormalizedSphericalHarmonics, ObservedMeasurement<T>, RawSphericalHarmonicsProvider.RawSphericalHarmonics, UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonics

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteDate, AbstractMeasurement, AngularAzEl, AngularRaDec, Attitude, BodiesElements, CartesianOrbit, CircularOrbit, DateDetector, DelaunayArguments, EOPEntry, EquinoctialOrbit, EstimatedMeasurement, FieldTimeSpanMap.Transition, FieldTransform, GPSAlmanac, GPSDate, InterSatellitesRange, KeplerianOrbit, ObservationDataSet, Orbit, Phase, Position, PV, Range, RangeRate, SP3File.SP3Coordinate, SpacecraftState, TimeSpanMap.Transition, TimeStampedAngularCoordinates, TimeStampedPVCoordinates, TLE, Transform, TurnAroundRange

public interface TimeStamped

This interface represents objects that have a AbsoluteDate date attached to them.

Classes implementing this interface can be stored chronologically in sorted sets using ChronologicalComparator as the underlying comparator. An example using for Orbit instances is given here:

     SortedSet<Orbit> sortedOrbits =
         new TreeSet<Orbit>(new ChronologicalComparator());
     sortedOrbits.add(orbit1);
     sortedOrbits.add(orbit2);
     ...
 

This interface is also the base interface used to cache series of time-dependent objects for interpolation in a thread-safe manner.

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

See Also:

AbsoluteDate, ChronologicalComparator, TimeStampedCache

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AbsoluteDate	getDate()	Get the date.

Method Detail

getDate

AbsoluteDate getDate()

Get the date.

Returns:

date attached to the object