stella.globals

Interface TargetDependDecreasing

All Superinterfaces:

Decreasing

All Known Implementing Classes:

AirmassTarget, AltTarget, LaserAzAltHtmlFtp, LaserAzAltHtmlList, LaserAzAltList, LaserHtmlFtp, LaserHtmlList, LaserList

public interface TargetDependDecreasing
extends Decreasing

An interface denoting that this Value implementation has a value that decreases with time. More importantly, this value knows how to calculate the remaining time it will take until a certain value is reached. This time can be queried and used for e.g. scheduling purposes.
This interface should be implemented by target depending parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Long	getDescendTimeFor(TargetDefinition target, Number until) Calculates the remaining time in ms till this parameter reaches the argument value (decresing from higher values).

Methods inherited from interface globals.Decreasing

getDescendTime

Method Detail

getDescendTimeFor

Long getDescendTimeFor(TargetDefinition target,
                       Number until)

Calculates the remaining time in ms till this parameter reaches the argument value (decresing from higher values).

Parameters:

until - The value in the future.

Returns:

A double carrying the remaining time or null if the time cannot be calculated.