net.sf.marineapi.ais.util

Class RateOfTurn

java.lang.Object

net.sf.marineapi.ais.util.RateOfTurn

public class RateOfTurn
extends Object

Checks a rate-of-turn value for validity.

Author:

Lázár József

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RateOfTurn()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isTurnIndicatorAvailable(int value) Checks if a turn indicator is available.
static boolean	isTurnInformationAvailable(int value) Checks if the ROT value is available.
static double	toDegreesPerMinute(int value) Converts the rate-of-turn value to a estimate degrees/minute value.
static String	toString(int value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RateOfTurn

public RateOfTurn()

Method Detail

isTurnInformationAvailable

public static boolean isTurnInformationAvailable(int value)

Checks if the ROT value is available.

Returns:

true if the ROT is not the default value

isTurnIndicatorAvailable

public static boolean isTurnIndicatorAvailable(int value)

Checks if a turn indicator is available.

Returns:

true if the turn indicator is available

toDegreesPerMinute

public static double toDegreesPerMinute(int value)

Converts the rate-of-turn value to a estimate degrees/minute value.

Returns:

degrees/minute value (positive sign indicates turning right)

toString

public static String toString(int value)

Returns:

string representation of the ROT information