AttitudeEphemerisFileWriter.java

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package org.orekit.files.general;

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

import org.orekit.utils.TimeStampedAngularCoordinates;


/**
 * An interface for writing out ephemeris files to disk.
 *
 * <p>
 * An {@link AttitudeEphemerisFile} consists of one or more satellites each an ID unique
 * within the file. The ephemeris for each satellite consists of one or more
 * segments.
 *
 * <p>
 * Ephemeris file formats may have additional settings that need to be
 * configured to be compliant with their formats.
 *
 * @author Raphaël Fermé
 * @since 10.3
 *
 */
public interface AttitudeEphemerisFileWriter {

    /**
     * Write the passed in {@link AttitudeEphemerisFile} using the passed in
     * {@link Appendable}.
     *
     * @param writer
     *            a configured Appendable to feed with text
     * @param ephemerisFile
     *            a populated ephemeris file to serialize into the buffer
     * @param <C> type of the angular coordinates
     * @param <S> type of the segment
     * @throws IOException
     *             if any buffer writing operations fail or if the underlying
     *             format doesn't support a configuration in the EphemerisFile
     *             (for example having multiple satellites in one file, having
     *             the origin at an unspecified celestial body, etc.)
     */
    <C extends TimeStampedAngularCoordinates, S extends AttitudeEphemerisFile.AttitudeEphemerisSegment<C>>
        void write(Appendable writer, AttitudeEphemerisFile<C, S> ephemerisFile) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Write the passed in {@link AttitudeEphemerisFile} to a file at the output path specified.
     * @param outputFilePath a file path that the corresponding file will be written to
     * @param ephemerisFile a populated ephemeris file to serialize into the buffer
     * @param <C> type of the angular coordinates
     * @param <S> type of the segment
     * @throws IOException if any file writing operations fail or if the underlying
     *         format doesn't support a configuration in the EphemerisFile
     *         (for example having multiple satellites in one file, having
     *         the origin at an unspecified celestial body, etc.)
     */
    default <C extends TimeStampedAngularCoordinates, S extends AttitudeEphemerisFile.AttitudeEphemerisSegment<C>>
        void write(final String outputFilePath, final AttitudeEphemerisFile<C, S> ephemerisFile)
        throws IOException {
        try (BufferedWriter appendable = Files.newBufferedWriter(Paths.get(outputFilePath), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
            write(appendable, ephemerisFile);
        }
    }

}