Package org.orekit.time

Class TAIUTCDatFilesLoader

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.time.TAIUTCDatFilesLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

public class TAIUTCDatFilesLoader
extends Object
implements UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

Loader for UTC-TAI extracted from tai-utc.dat file from USNO.

This class is immutable and hence thread-safe

Since:

7.1

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_NAMES	Default supported files name pattern.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TAIUTCDatFilesLoader(String supportedNames)	Build a loader for tai-utc.dat file from USNO.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<OffsetModel>	loadOffsets()	Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_NAMES

public static final String DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_NAMES

Default supported files name pattern.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TAIUTCDatFilesLoader

public TAIUTCDatFilesLoader(String supportedNames)

Build a loader for tai-utc.dat file from USNO.

Parameters:

supportedNames - regular expression for supported files names

Method Detail

loadOffsets

public List<OffsetModel> loadOffsets()
                              throws OrekitException

Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Specified by:

loadOffsets in interface UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

Returns:

sorted UTC-TAI offsets entries (if the linear offsets used prior to 1972 are missing, they will be inserted automatically)

Throws:

OrekitException - if time steps are inconsistent