skyview.geometry
Class Position

java.lang.Object
  skyview.geometry.Position

public class Position
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a position in the sky. This class is used to pass a position that may be represented in different frames in different parts of a program. However since it creates CoordinateSystem objects for each transformation it should not be used to do coordinate transformations for large arrays of positions.

Constructor Summary

Position(double l, double b)
Define a position object in the standard (J2000) frame

Position(double l, double b, java.lang.String frame)
Define a position object used a specified frame

Method Summary

java.lang.String	formatted(java.lang.String coords, int precision, boolean sexagesimal)
double[]	getCoordinates() Get the coordinates in the standard (J2000) frame.
double[]	getCoordinates(java.lang.String frame) Get the coordinates in a specified frame.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Test the Position class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Position

public Position(double l,
                double b)
         throws TransformationException

Define a position object in the standard (J2000) frame

Throws:

TransformationException

Position

public Position(double l,
                double b,
                java.lang.String frame)
         throws TransformationException

Define a position object used a specified frame

Throws:

TransformationException

Method Detail

getCoordinates

public double[] getCoordinates()
                        throws TransformationException

Get the coordinates in the standard (J2000) frame. Used to be called getPosition.

Throws:

TransformationException

getCoordinates

public double[] getCoordinates(java.lang.String frame)
                        throws TransformationException

Get the coordinates in a specified frame. Used to be called getPosition.

Throws:

TransformationException

formatted

public java.lang.String formatted(java.lang.String coords,
                                  int precision,
                                  boolean sexagesimal)

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Test the Position class

Throws:

java.lang.Exception