org.orekit.time
Interface UTCTAILoader

All Superinterfaces:

DataLoader

public interface UTCTAILoader
extends DataLoader

Interface for loading UTC-TAI offsets data files.

Author:

Pascal Parraud

Method Summary

String	getSupportedNames() Get the regular expression for supported UTC-TAI offsets files names.
SortedMap<DateComponents,Integer>	loadTimeSteps() Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Methods inherited from interface org.orekit.data.DataLoader

loadData, stillAcceptsData

Method Detail

loadTimeSteps

SortedMap<DateComponents,Integer> loadTimeSteps()

Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Only the integer offsets used since 1972-01-01 are loaded here, the linear offsets used between 1961-01-01 and 1971-12-31 are hard-coded in the UTCScale class itself.

Returns:

sorted UTC-TAI offsets entries (may be empty)

getSupportedNames

String getSupportedNames()

Get the regular expression for supported UTC-TAI offsets files names.

Returns:

regular expression for supported UTC-TAI offsets files names