TimeStamped (ORbit Extrapolation KIT 9.3 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ComparableMeasurement, GPSOrbitalElements, NormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.NormalizedSphericalHarmonics, ObservedMeasurement<T>, RawSphericalHarmonicsProvider.RawSphericalHarmonics, UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonicsProvider.UnnormalizedSphericalHarmonics

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteDate, AbstractMeasurement, AngularAzEl, AngularRaDec, Attitude, BodiesElements, CartesianOrbit, CircularOrbit, DateDetector, DelaunayArguments, EOPEntry, EquinoctialOrbit, EstimatedMeasurement, FieldTimeSpanMap.Transition, FieldTransform, GPSAlmanac, GPSDate, InterSatellitesRange, KeplerianOrbit, ObservationDataSet, Orbit, Phase, Position, PV, Range, RangeRate, SP3File.SP3Coordinate, SpacecraftState, TimeSpanMap.Transition, TimeStampedAngularCoordinates, TimeStampedPVCoordinates, TLE, Transform, TurnAroundRange
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public interface TimeStamped
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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);
     ...
 
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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
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  AbsoluteDate getDate()
  Get the date.

- Method Detail
  - getDate
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AbsoluteDate getDate()
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    Get the date.
    
    Returns:
    
    date attached to the object