uavsim.computers
Class A_NavigationComputer

java.lang.Object
  uavsim.computers.A_NavigationComputer

Direct Known Subclasses:

ADFComputer, DMEComputer, ILSComputer, VORComputer

public abstract class A_NavigationComputer
extends java.lang.Object

Defines the shared aspects of a navigation computer.

Author:

Dan Tappan [23.10.11]

Field Summary

(package private) NavigationChart	_chart the navigation chart
private A_Instrument	_instrument the instrument

Constructor Summary

A_NavigationComputer(A_Instrument instrument, NavigationChart chart)
Creates an abstract navigation computer.

Method Summary

NavigationChart	getNavigationChart() Gets the navigation chart.
void	refresh() Forces the instrument to refresh itself.
abstract void	update(SevenDOFDescriptor sevenDOFDescriptor) Updates the instrument based on the computed navigation information.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_chart

final NavigationChart _chart

the navigation chart

_instrument

private final A_Instrument _instrument

the instrument

Constructor Detail

A_NavigationComputer

public A_NavigationComputer(A_Instrument instrument,
                            NavigationChart chart)

Creates an abstract navigation computer.

Parameters:

instrument - - the instrument

chart - - the navigation chart

Method Detail

getNavigationChart

public NavigationChart getNavigationChart()

Gets the navigation chart.

Returns:

the chart

refresh

public void refresh()

Forces the instrument to refresh itself.

update

public abstract void update(SevenDOFDescriptor sevenDOFDescriptor)

Updates the instrument based on the computed navigation information.

Parameters:

sevenDOFDescriptor - - the UAV 7-DOF descriptor