TimeUtils.java

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package org.orekit.time;

import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;

/**
 * Time-related utilities.
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @since 14.0
 */
public class TimeUtils {

    /** Private constructor for utility class. */
    private TimeUtils() {
        // Nothing to do
    }

    /** Get the earliest object from a pair.
     * @param <S>  type of the time stamped objects
     * @param ts1 first object
     * @param ts2 second object
     * @return the earliest occurring object among #@code ts1} and {@code ts2}
     */
    public static <S extends TimeStamped> S earliest(final S ts1, final S ts2) {
        return ts1.getDate().isBeforeOrEqualTo(ts2) ? ts1 : ts2;
    }

    /** Get the earliest object from a pair.
     * @param <T> type of the field elements
     * @param <S>  type of the time stamped objects
     * @param ts1 first object
     * @param ts2 second object
     * @return the earliest occurring object among #@code ts1} and {@code ts2}
     */
    public static <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>, S extends FieldTimeStamped<T>> S earliest(final S ts1, final S ts2) {
        return ts1.getDate().isBeforeOrEqualTo(ts2) ? ts1 : ts2;
    }

    /** Get the earliest object from a pair.
     * @param <S>  type of the time stamped objects
     * @param ts1 first object
     * @param ts2 second object
     * @return the earliest occurring object among #@code ts1} and {@code ts2}
     */
    public static <S extends TimeStamped> S latest(final S ts1, final S ts2) {
        return ts1.getDate().isBeforeOrEqualTo(ts2) ? ts2 : ts1;
    }

    /** Get the earliest object from a pair.
     * @param <T> type of the field elements
     * @param <S>  type of the time stamped objects
     * @param ts1 first object
     * @param ts2 second object
     * @return the earliest occurring object among #@code ts1} and {@code ts2}
     */
    public static <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>, S extends FieldTimeStamped<T>> S latest(final S ts1, final S ts2) {
        return ts1.getDate().isBeforeOrEqualTo(ts2) ? ts2 : ts1;
    }

}