StringValuedIIRVTerm.java

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package org.orekit.files.iirv.terms.base;

/**
 * Non-numeric/mutable term in an IIRV Vector represented as a String.
 *
 * @author Nick LaFarge
 * @since 13.0
 */
public class StringValuedIIRVTerm extends IIRVVectorTerm<String> {
    /**
     * Constructs an IIRV Vector Term represented by a long. This representation is used for any numeric terms
     * in the IIRV Vector that do not contain a decimal point.
     *
     * @param pattern Regular expression pattern that validates the term
     * @param value   Value of the term
     * @param length  Length of the term, measured in number of characters in the String representation
     */
    public StringValuedIIRVTerm(final String pattern, final String value, final int length) {
        super(pattern, value, length);
        validateString(toEncodedString());
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public String toEncodedString(final String termValue) {
        return termValue;
    }
}