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17  
18  package org.orekit.utils;
19  
20  import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
21  import org.orekit.frames.Frame;
22  import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
23  
24  /**
25   * Interface for PV coordinates providers.
26   * @author Veronique Pommier
27   * <p>The PV coordinates provider interface can be used by any class used for position/velocity
28   * computation, for example celestial bodies or spacecraft position/velocity propagators,
29   * and many others...
30   * </p>
31   */
32  public interface PVCoordinatesProvider {
33  
34      /** Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
35       * @param date current date
36       * @param frame the frame where to define the position
37       * @return position of the body (m and)
38       * @since 12.0
39       */
40      default Vector3D getPosition(final AbsoluteDate date, final Frame frame) {
41          return getPVCoordinates(date, frame).getPosition();
42      }
43  
44      /** Get the {@link PVCoordinates} of the body in the selected frame.
45       * @param date current date
46       * @param frame the frame where to define the position
47       * @return time-stamped position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)
48       */
49      TimeStampedPVCoordinates getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame);
50  
51  }