ExpungePolicy.java

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package org.orekit.utils;

import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;

/** Expunge policy to apply when a {@link org.orekit.utils.TimeSpanMap} exceeds its capacity.
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 * @since 13.1
 */
public enum ExpungePolicy {

    /** Expunge the span before the first transition.
     * <p>
     * Note that if we add data to the map in reverse chronological order, then entries
     * exceeding capacity are expunged as soon as we attempt to add them, so this
     * policy should probably not be used in reverse chronological order.
     * </p>
     */
    EXPUNGE_EARLIEST {
        boolean expungeEarliest(final AbsoluteDate date,
                                final AbsoluteDate earliest, final AbsoluteDate latest) {
            return true;
        }
    },

    /** Expunge the span after the latest transition.
     * <p>
     * Note that if we add data to the map in chronological order, then entries
     * exceeding capacity are expunged as soon as we attempt to add them, so this
     * policy should probably not be used in chronological order.
     * </p>
     */
    EXPUNGE_LATEST {
        boolean expungeEarliest(final AbsoluteDate date,
                                final AbsoluteDate earliest, final AbsoluteDate latest) {
            return false;
        }
    },

    /** Expunge either the earliest or latest span, depending on which is farthest from the last added transition. */
    EXPUNGE_FARTHEST {
        boolean expungeEarliest(final AbsoluteDate date,
                                final AbsoluteDate earliest, final AbsoluteDate latest) {
            return date.durationFrom(earliest) >= latest.durationFrom(date);
        }
    };

    /** Check if data to be expunged is the earliest data.
     * @param date current date
     * @param earliest earliest date
     * @param latest latest date
     * @return true if data to be expunged is the earliest data
     */
    abstract boolean expungeEarliest(AbsoluteDate date, AbsoluteDate earliest, AbsoluteDate latest);

}