fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.attitudes

Class AttitudeFrame

java.lang.Object

fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.frames.Frame

fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.attitudes.AttitudeFrame

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AttitudeFrame
extends Frame

This class is a special implementation of the Frame class; it represents a dynamic spacecraft frame, i.e. a dynamic frame whose orientation is defined by an attitude law.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Id: AttitudeFrame.java 17582 2017-05-10 12:58:16Z bignon $

Author:

Julie Anton

See Also:

AttitudeTransformProvider, Serialized Form

Concurrency :

not thread safe

Concurrency comment :

it is a Frame.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AttitudeFrame(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProvider, AttitudeLaw attitudeLaw, Frame referenceFrame) Constructor of the dynamic spacecraft frame.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttitudeProvider	getAttitudeLaw()

Methods inherited from class fr.cnes.sirius.patrius.frames.Frame

getAncestor, getDepth, getFrozenFrame, getName, getParent, getRoot, getTransformJacobian, getTransformProvider, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, isChildOf, isPseudoInertial, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttitudeFrame

public AttitudeFrame(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProvider,
                     AttitudeLaw attitudeLaw,
                     Frame referenceFrame)
              throws PatriusException

Constructor of the dynamic spacecraft frame.

Parameters:

pvProvider - provides the position and velocity of the spacecraft given a date and a frame

attitudeLaw - the spacecraft attitude law

referenceFrame - the parent frame

Throws:

PatriusException - if a problem occurs during frames transformations

Method Detail

getAttitudeLaw

public final AttitudeProvider getAttitudeLaw()

Returns:

the attitude law defining the orientation of the frame.