fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.bodies

Interface CelestialBodyLoader

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJPLCelestialBodyLoader, BSPCelestialBodyLoader, JPLCelestialBodyLoader, UserCelestialBodyLoader

public interface CelestialBodyLoader
extends Serializable

Interface for loading celestial bodies/points.

A point CelestialPoint is simpler than a CelestialBody: it does not contains a gravity field, a shape or IAU data.

The two methods loadCelestialPoint(String) and loadCelestialBody(String) returns the same data but built in different objects type (CelestialPoint or CelestialBody).

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName(String patriusName) Returns name of body as known by the loader corresponding to PATRIUS body name.
CelestialBody	loadCelestialBody(String name) Load celestial body.
CelestialPoint	loadCelestialPoint(String name) Load celestial point.

Method Detail

loadCelestialPoint

CelestialPoint loadCelestialPoint(String name)
                           throws PatriusException

Load celestial point.

Parameters:

name - name of the celestial point

Returns:

loaded celestial point

Throws:

PatriusException - if the point cannot be loaded

loadCelestialBody

CelestialBody loadCelestialBody(String name)
                         throws PatriusException

Load celestial body.

Parameters:

name - name of the celestial body

Returns:

loaded celestial body

Throws:

PatriusException - if the body cannot be loaded

getName

String getName(String patriusName)

Returns name of body as known by the loader corresponding to PATRIUS body name.

Parameters:

patriusName - PATRIUS body name

Returns:

name of body as known by the loader corresponding to PATRIUS body name