org.orekit.propagation.events
Class AbstractDetector

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.propagation.events.AbstractDetector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, EventDetector

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractDetectorWithTropoCorrection, AlignmentDetector, AltitudeDetector, AnomalyDetector, AOLDetector, ApparentElevationDetector, ApsideDetector, BetaAngleDetector, CentralBodyMaskCircularFOVDetector, CircularFieldOfViewDetector, CombinedPhenomenaDetector, DateDetector, DihedralFieldOfViewDetector, DistanceDetector, EarthZoneDetector, EclipseDetector, ElevationDetector, EventShifter, ExtremaDistanceDetector, ExtremaElevationDetector, ExtremaLatitudeDetector, ExtremaLongitudeDetector, ExtremaSightAxisDetector, ExtremaThreeBodiesAngleDetector, GroundMaskElevationDetector, ImpulseManeuver, LatitudeDetector, LocalTimeDetector, LongitudeDetector, MaskingDetector, NadirSolarIncidenceDetector, NodeDetector, NullMassDetector, NullMassPartDetector, PerigeeAltitudeDetector, RFVisibilityDetector, SatToSatMutualVisibilityDetector, SensorInhibitionDetector, SensorVisibilityDetector, SolarTimeDetector, TargetInFieldOfViewDetector, ThreeBodiesAngleDetector

public abstract class AbstractDetector
extends Object
implements EventDetector

Common parts shared by several events finders. A default implementation of most of the methods of EventDetector Interface. Make it easier to create a new detector.

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

See Also:

Propagator.addEventDetector(EventDetector), Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.orekit.propagation.events.EventDetector

EventDetector.Action

Field Summary

static double	DEFAULT_MAXCHECK Default maximum checking interval (s).
static double	DEFAULT_THRESHOLD Default convergence threshold (s).

Fields inherited from interface org.orekit.propagation.events.EventDetector

DECREASING, INCREASING, INCREASING_DECREASING

Constructor Summary

protected	AbstractDetector(double maxCheck, double threshold) Build a new instance.
	AbstractDetector(int slopeSelection, double maxCheck, double threshold) Build a new instance.

Method Summary

abstract EventDetector.Action	eventOccurred(SpacecraftState s, boolean increasing, boolean forward) Handle an event and choose what to do next.
abstract double	g(SpacecraftState s) Compute the value of the switching function.
double	getMaxCheckInterval() Get maximal time interval between switching function checks.
int	getMaxIterationCount() Get maximal number of iterations in the event time search.
int	getSlopeSelection() Get the parameter in charge of the selection of detected events by the slope of the g-function.
double	getThreshold() Get the convergence threshold in the event time search.
void	init(SpacecraftState s0, AbsoluteDate t) Initialize event handler at the start of a propagation.
SpacecraftState	resetState(SpacecraftState oldState) Reset the state (including additional states) prior to continue propagation.
abstract boolean	shouldBeRemoved() This method is called after EventDetector.eventOccurred(org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState, boolean, boolean) has been triggered.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_MAXCHECK

public static final double DEFAULT_MAXCHECK

Default maximum checking interval (s).

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_THRESHOLD

public static final double DEFAULT_THRESHOLD

Default convergence threshold (s).

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractDetector

protected AbstractDetector(double maxCheck,
                           double threshold)

Build a new instance. The detector will detect both ascending and descending g-function related events.

Parameters:

maxCheck - maximum checking interval (s)

threshold - convergence threshold (s)

AbstractDetector

public AbstractDetector(int slopeSelection,
                        double maxCheck,
                        double threshold)

Build a new instance.

Parameters:

slopeSelection - g-function slope selection (0, 1, or 2)

maxCheck - maximum checking interval (s)

threshold - convergence threshold (s)

Method Detail

init

public void init(SpacecraftState s0,
                 AbsoluteDate t)

Initialize event handler at the start of a propagation.

This method is called once at the start of the propagation. It may be used by the event handler to initialize some internal data if needed.

Specified by:

init in interface EventDetector

Parameters:

s0 - initial state

t - target time for the integration

eventOccurred

public abstract EventDetector.Action eventOccurred(SpacecraftState s,
                                                   boolean increasing,
                                                   boolean forward)
                                            throws OrekitException

Handle an event and choose what to do next.

The scheduling between this method and the OrekitStepHandler method handleStep(interpolator, isLast) is to call this method first and handleStep afterwards. This scheduling allows the propagator to pass true as the isLast parameter to the step handler to make it aware the step will be the last one if this method returns EventDetector.Action.STOP. As the interpolator may be used to navigate back throughout the last step (as OrekitStepNormalizer does for example), user code called by this method and user code called by step handlers may experience apparently out of order values of the independent time variable. As an example, if the same user object implements both this EventDetector interface and the OrekitFixedStepHandler interface, a forward integration may call its eventOccurred method with a state at 2000-01-01T00:00:10 first and call its handleStep method with a state at 2000-01-01T00:00:09 afterwards. Such out of order calls are limited to the size of the integration step for variable step handlers and to the size of the fixed step for fixed step handlers.

Specified by:

eventOccurred in interface EventDetector

Parameters:

s - the current state information: date, kinematics, attitude for forces and events computation, mass provider, and additional states

increasing - if true, the value of the switching function increases when times increases around event (note that increase is measured with respect to physical time, not with respect to propagation which may go backward in time)

forward - if true, the integration variable (time) increases during integration.

Returns:

one of EventDetector.Action.STOP, EventDetector.Action.RESET_STATE, EventDetector.Action.RESET_DERIVATIVES, EventDetector.Action.CONTINUE

Throws:

OrekitException - if some specific error occurs

shouldBeRemoved

public abstract boolean shouldBeRemoved()

This method is called after EventDetector.eventOccurred(org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState, boolean, boolean) has been triggered. It returns true if the current detector should be removed after first event detection. WARNING: this method can be called only once a event has been triggered. Before, the value is not available.

Specified by:

shouldBeRemoved in interface EventDetector

Returns:

true if the current detector should be removed after first event detection

g

public abstract double g(SpacecraftState s)
                  throws OrekitException

Compute the value of the switching function. This function must be continuous (at least in its roots neighborhood), as the integrator will need to find its roots to locate the events.

Specified by:

g in interface EventDetector

Parameters:

s - the current state information: date, kinematics, attitude for forces and events computation, mass provider, and additional states

Returns:

value of the switching function

Throws:

OrekitException - if some specific error occurs

getMaxCheckInterval

public double getMaxCheckInterval()

Get maximal time interval between switching function checks.

Specified by:

getMaxCheckInterval in interface EventDetector

Returns:

maximal time interval (s) between switching function checks

getMaxIterationCount

public int getMaxIterationCount()

Get maximal number of iterations in the event time search.

Specified by:

getMaxIterationCount in interface EventDetector

Returns:

maximal number of iterations in the event time search

getThreshold

public double getThreshold()

Get the convergence threshold in the event time search.

Specified by:

getThreshold in interface EventDetector

Returns:

convergence threshold (s)

resetState

public SpacecraftState resetState(SpacecraftState oldState)
                           throws OrekitException

Reset the state (including additional states) prior to continue propagation.

This method is called after the step handler has returned and before the next step is started, but only when EventDetector.eventOccurred(org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState, boolean, boolean) has itself returned the EventDetector.Action.RESET_STATE indicator. It allows the user to reset the state for the next step, without perturbing the step handler of the finishing step. If the EventDetector.eventOccurred(org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState, boolean, boolean) never returns the EventDetector.Action.RESET_STATE indicator, this function will never be called, and it is safe to simply return null.

Specified by:

resetState in interface EventDetector

Parameters:

oldState - old state

Returns:

new state

Throws:

OrekitException - if the state cannot be reseted

getSlopeSelection

public int getSlopeSelection()

Get the parameter in charge of the selection of detected events by the slope of the g-function.

Specified by:

getSlopeSelection in interface EventDetector

Returns:

EventDetector.INCREASING (0): events related to the increasing g-function;
EventDetector.DECREASING (1): events related to the decreasing g-function;
EventDetector.INCREASING_DECREASING (2): events related to both increasing and decreasing g-function.