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17  
18  package org.orekit.utils;
19  
20  import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;
21  import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.FieldVector3D;
22  import org.orekit.frames.Frame;
23  import org.orekit.time.FieldAbsoluteDate;
24  
25  /**
26  ** Interface for PV coordinates providers.
27   * @param <T> the type of the field elements
28   * @author Veronique Pommier
29   * <p>The PV coordinates provider interface can be used by any class used for position/velocity
30   * computation, for example celestial bodies or spacecraft position/velocity propagators,
31   * and many others...
32   * </p>
33   */
34  public interface FieldPVCoordinatesProvider<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> {
35  
36      /** Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
37       * @param date current date
38       * @param frame the frame where to define the position
39       * @return position of the body (m and)
40       * @since 12.0
41       */
42      default FieldVector3D<T> getPosition(final FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, final Frame frame) {
43          return getPVCoordinates(date, frame).getPosition();
44      }
45  
46      /** Get the {@link FieldPVCoordinates} of the body in the selected frame.
47       * @param date current date
48       * @param frame the frame where to define the position
49       * @return time-stamped position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)
50       */
51      TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates<T> getPVCoordinates(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, Frame frame);
52  
53  }