org.orekit.time

Interface FieldTimeStamped<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FieldAbsoluteDate, FieldAbsolutePVCoordinates, FieldAttitude, FieldBodiesElements, FieldCartesianOrbit, FieldCircularOrbit, FieldDateDetector, FieldDelaunayArguments, FieldEquinoctialOrbit, FieldKeplerianOrbit, FieldOrbit, FieldSpacecraftState, FieldTLE, TimeStampedFieldAngularCoordinates, TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates

public interface FieldTimeStamped<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>>

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 and Description
FieldAbsoluteDate<T>	getDate() Get the date.

Method Detail

getDate

FieldAbsoluteDate<T> getDate()

Get the date.

Returns:

date attached to the object