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This package supports the parsing of AIS messages in Java. AIS, the Automatic Identification System, is a system aiming at improving maritime safety by exchanging messages between ships, other vehicles in particular aircraft involved in search-and-rescue (SAR), and (fixed) base stations. To be precise, this package support the ITU-R M.1371-4 AIS standard. See our extensive javadoc and in particular the class AISParser for more information on how to use this package. The parser was used in the Poseidon project, and is improved in the Metis project to better handle uncertain information. Both projects were led by the Embedded Systems Institute. In both projects Thales Nederlands was the carrying industrial partner, and multiple Dutch universities participated.

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package nl.esi.metis.aisparser;

/** This class provides functions to analyze the (9-bit signed integer) angular value that is returned by 
 * {@link AISMessagePositionReport#getTrueHeading()}, {@link AISMessage18#getTrueHeading()}, {@link AISMessage19#getTrueHeading()},
 * and {@link AISMessage27#getCourseOverGround()}.
 * @author Pierre van de Laar
 * @author Pierre America
 * @author Brian C. Lane
 */
public class UtilsAngle9 {
	/** The angular value that is used to signal unavailability, according to the AIS standard. */
	private static final int DEFAULTVALUE = 511;

	/** The minimum valid angular value. */
	private static final int MINVALUE = 0 ;

	/** The maximum valid angular value. */
	private static final int MAXVALUE =  359;
	
	/** Checks if the angular value is semantically correct (according to the standard). 
	 * This means that it is either a valid measurement or the standard value indicating unavailability.
	 * @param value the angular value that is returned by for example {@link AISMessagePositionReport#getTrueHeading()} and {@link AISMessage27#getCourseOverGround()}.
	 * @return true if the value is semantically correct
	 */
	public static boolean isAngleSemanticallyCorrect( int value )
	{
		return ( ( UtilsAngle9.MINVALUE <= value ) && ( value <= UtilsAngle9.MAXVALUE ) ) || (value == UtilsAngle9.DEFAULTVALUE);
	}
	
	/** Checks if the angular value is available.
	 * @precondition isTrueHeadingSemanticallyCorrect (value)
	 * @param value the angular value that is returned by {@link AISMessagePositionReport#getTrueHeading()}.
	 * @return true if the angular is available
	 */
	public static boolean isAvailable( int value )
	{
		return !(value == UtilsAngle9.DEFAULTVALUE);
	}
	
	/** semantically correct range of angular value
	 * 
	 */
	public static final String range = "["+MINVALUE+","+MAXVALUE+"] + {"+ DEFAULTVALUE +"}";
	
	/** Generates a text string representing the angular.
	 * @param angle an integer value representing the angular, as returned by {@link AISMessagePositionReport#getTrueHeading()}
	 * @return a string representing the angular
	 */
	public static String toString(int angle) {
		String angleString;
		if (isAngleSemanticallyCorrect(angle))
		{
			if (isAvailable(angle))
				angleString = Integer.toString(angle);
			else 
				angleString = "not available";
		}
		else
			angleString = "illegal value";
		return angleString;
	}
}