org.jeospace.text
Class EpochFormatStyle

java.lang.Object
  org.jeospace.text.EpochFormatStyle

public class EpochFormatStyle

extends java.lang.Object

Constant objects representing the format style of an EpochFormat.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

Rex Melton

Field Summary

static EpochFormatStyle	CD Constant indicating a compact date format as found in the orbital elements of comets for the time of periapsis.
static EpochFormatStyle	JULIAN_DAY Constant indicating a Julian Day representation.
static EpochFormatStyle	MODIFIED_JULIAN_DAY Constant indicating a Modified Julian Day representation.
java.lang.String	name The name of the format type
static EpochFormatStyle	PACKED Constant indicating a packed date format as found in the orbital elements of minor planets from the MPC.
static EpochFormatStyle	TLE Constant indicating a Two Line Element format as found in NASA orbital elements.

Constructor Summary

protected

EpochFormatStyle(java.lang.String name) Construct a EpochFormatStyle object.

Method Summary

static EpochFormatStyle[]	getEpochFormatStyles() Return an array of the defined EpochFormatStyle objects
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation ( the name String ) of this EpochFormatStyle object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

JULIAN_DAY

public static final EpochFormatStyle JULIAN_DAY

Constant indicating a Julian Day representation.

MODIFIED_JULIAN_DAY

public static final EpochFormatStyle MODIFIED_JULIAN_DAY

Constant indicating a Modified Julian Day representation. (i.e. a Julian Day - 2400000.5 ).

TLE

public static final EpochFormatStyle TLE

Constant indicating a Two Line Element format as found in NASA orbital elements. (i.e. yyDDD.DDDDDDDD ). For reference on the string format see: http://www.celestrak.com/columns/v04n03/#FAQ01

CD

public static final EpochFormatStyle CD

Constant indicating a compact date format as found in the orbital elements of comets for the time of periapsis. (i.e. yyyyMMdd.dddddddd ).

PACKED

public static final EpochFormatStyle PACKED

Constant indicating a packed date format as found in the orbital elements of minor planets from the MPC. See:
Packed Dates

name

public final java.lang.String name

The name of the format type

Constructor Detail

EpochFormatStyle

protected EpochFormatStyle(java.lang.String name)

Construct a EpochFormatStyle object.

Parameters:

name - the format type

Method Detail

getEpochFormatStyles

public static EpochFormatStyle[] getEpochFormatStyles()

Return an array of the defined EpochFormatStyle objects

Returns:

the array of the defined EpochFormatStyle objects

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation ( the name String ) of this EpochFormatStyle object.

Returns:

a String representation of this EpochFormatStyle object