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17 package org.orekit.gnss;
18
19 import org.hipparchus.util.FastMath;
20 import org.orekit.utils.Constants;
21
22 /** Top level interface for radio waves.
23 * @author Luc Maisonobe
24 * @since 12.1
25 *
26 */
27 public interface RadioWave {
28
29 /** Default 1MHz tolerance for {@link #closeTo(RadioWave)}.
30 * @since 13.0
31 */
32 double ONE_MILLI_HERTZ = 1.0e-3;
33
34 /** Get the value of the frequency in Hz.
35 * @return value of the frequency in Hz
36 * @see #getWavelength()
37 */
38 double getFrequency();
39
40 /** Get the wavelength in meters.
41 * @return wavelength in meters
42 * @see #getFrequency()
43 */
44 default double getWavelength() {
45 return Constants.SPEED_OF_LIGHT / getFrequency();
46 }
47
48 /** Check if two radio waves are closer than {@link #ONE_MILLI_HERTZ}.
49 * @param other other radio wave to check against instance
50 * @return true if radio waves are closer than {@link #ONE_MILLI_HERTZ}
51 * @see #closeTo(RadioWave, double)
52 * @since 13.0
53 */
54 default boolean closeTo(final RadioWave other) {
55 return closeTo(other, ONE_MILLI_HERTZ);
56 }
57
58 /** Check if two radio waves are closer than tolerance.
59 * @param other other radio wave to check against instance
60 * @param tolerance frequency tolerance in Hz
61 * @return true if radio waves are closer than tolerance
62 * @see #ONE_MILLI_HERTZ
63 * @see #closeTo(RadioWave)
64 * @since 13.0
65 */
66 default boolean closeTo(final RadioWave other, final double tolerance) {
67 return FastMath.abs(getFrequency() - other.getFrequency()) < tolerance;
68 }
69
70 }