org.orekit.propagation.numerical
Class AttitudeEquation

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.propagation.numerical.AttitudeEquation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AdditionalEquations

public abstract class AttitudeEquation
extends Object
implements AdditionalEquations

This interface allows users to add their own attitude differential equations to a numerical propagator.

Since:

2.3

Version:

$Id: AttitudeEquation.java 17602 2017-05-18 08:25:23Z bignon $

Author:

Charlotte Maggiorani

See Also:

AdditionalEquations, Serialized Form

Concurrency :

not thread-safe

Nested Class Summary

static class

AttitudeEquation.AttitudeType

Constructor Summary

AttitudeEquation(AttitudeEquation.AttitudeType attitudeType)
Create a new attitude equation.

Method Summary

AttitudeEquation.AttitudeType	getAttitudeType() Get the attitude type.
String	getName() Get the name of the additional equation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.orekit.propagation.numerical.AdditionalEquations

computeDerivatives

Constructor Detail

AttitudeEquation

public AttitudeEquation(AttitudeEquation.AttitudeType attitudeType)

Create a new attitude equation. The name of the created equation is set by default in the following form "ATTITUDE_FORCES" or "ATTITUDE_EVENTS" or "ATTITUDE"

Parameters:

attitudeType - the attitude type

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the additional equation. The name is in the following form : "ATTITUDE_FORCES" or "ATTITUDE_EVENTS" or "ATTITUDE".

Specified by:

getName in interface AdditionalEquations

Returns:

name of the additional equation

getAttitudeType

public AttitudeEquation.AttitudeType getAttitudeType()

Get the attitude type.

Returns:

the attitude type : ATTITUDE_FORCES or ATTITUDE_EVENTS or ATTITUDE