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17
18 package org.orekit.utils;
19
20 import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
21 import org.orekit.frames.Frame;
22 import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
23
24 /**
25 * Interface for PV coordinates providers.
26 * @author Veronique Pommier
27 * <p>The PV coordinates provider interface can be used by any class used for position/velocity
28 * computation, for example celestial bodies or spacecraft position/velocity propagators,
29 * and many others...
30 * </p>
31 */
32 public interface PVCoordinatesProvider {
33
34 /** Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
35 * @param date current date
36 * @param frame the frame where to define the position
37 * @return position of the body (m and)
38 * @since 12.0
39 */
40 default Vector3D getPosition(final AbsoluteDate date, final Frame frame) {
41 return getPVCoordinates(date, frame).getPosition();
42 }
43
44 /** Get the velocity of the body in the selected frame.
45 * @param date current date
46 * @param frame the frame where to define the velocity
47 * @return velocity of the body (m/s)
48 * @since 13.1
49 */
50 default Vector3D getVelocity(final AbsoluteDate date, final Frame frame) {
51 return getPVCoordinates(date, frame).getVelocity();
52 }
53
54 /** Get the {@link PVCoordinates} of the body in the selected frame.
55 * @param date current date
56 * @param frame the frame where to define the position
57 * @return time-stamped position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)
58 */
59 TimeStampedPVCoordinates getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame);
60
61 }