org.orekit.time

Class UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.time.UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

public class UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader
extends Object
implements UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

Loader for UTC versus TAI history files.

UTC versus TAI history files contain leap seconds data since.

The UTC versus TAI history files are recognized thanks to their base names, which must match the pattern UTC-TAI.history (or UTC-TAI.history.gz for gzip-compressed files)

Only one history file must be present in the IERS directories hierarchy.

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader() Build a loader for UTC-TAI history file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<OffsetModel>	loadOffsets() Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader

public UTCTAIHistoryFilesLoader()

Build a loader for UTC-TAI history file.

Method Detail

loadOffsets

public List<OffsetModel> loadOffsets()
                              throws OrekitException

Load UTC-TAI offsets entries.

Specified by:

loadOffsets in interface UTCTAIOffsetsLoader

Returns:

sorted UTC-TAI offsets entries (if the linear offsets used prior to 1972 are missing, they will be inserted automatically)

Throws:

OrekitException - if time steps are inconsistent