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OREKIT (ORbits Extrapolation KIT) is a low level space dynamics library. It provides basic elements (orbits, dates, attitude, frames ...) and various algorithms to handle them (conversions, analytical and numerical propagation, pointing ...).

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package org.orekit.attitudes;

import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;

/** This interface is intended for attitude ephemerides valid only during a time range.
*
* This interface provides a mean to retrieve an attitude at
* any time within a given range. It should be implemented by attitude readers
* based on external data files.
*
* @author Bryan Cazabonne
* @since 10.3
*/
public interface BoundedAttitudeProvider extends AttitudeProvider {

    /** 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();

}