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package org.orekit.propagation;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
/** This interface is intended for ephemerides valid only during a time range.
*
* <p>This interface provides a mean to retrieve orbital parameters at
* any time within a given range. It should be implemented by orbit readers
* based on external data files and by continuous models built after numerical
* integration has been completed and dense output data as been
* gathered.</p>
*
* @author Luc Maisonobe
*
*/
public interface BoundedPropagator extends Propagator {
/** Get the first date of the range.
* @return the first date of the range
*/
AbsoluteDate getMinDate();
/** Get the last date of the range.
* @return the last date of the range
*/
AbsoluteDate getMaxDate();
}