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package org.orekit.bodies;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
import org.orekit.data.DataLoader;
import org.orekit.data.DataProvidersManager;
import org.orekit.errors.OrekitException;
import org.orekit.errors.OrekitInternalError;
import org.orekit.errors.OrekitMessages;
import org.orekit.errors.TimeStampedCacheException;
import org.orekit.frames.Frame;
import org.orekit.frames.FramesFactory;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.time.DateComponents;
import org.orekit.time.TimeComponents;
import org.orekit.time.TimeScale;
import org.orekit.time.TimeScalesFactory;
import org.orekit.utils.Constants;
import org.orekit.utils.OrekitConfiguration;
import org.orekit.utils.PVCoordinates;
import org.orekit.utils.GenericTimeStampedCache;
import org.orekit.utils.TimeStampedGenerator;

/** Loader for JPL ephemerides binary files (DE 4xx) and similar formats (INPOP 06/08/10).
 * <p>JPL ephemerides binary files contain ephemerides for all solar system planets.</p>
 * <p>The JPL ephemerides binary files are recognized thanks to their base names,
 * which must match the pattern <code>[lu]nx[mp]####.ddd</code> (or
 * <code>[lu]nx[mp]####.ddd.gz</code> for gzip-compressed files) where # stands for a
 * digit character and where ddd is an ephemeris type (typically 405 or 406).</p>
 * <p>The loader supports files encoded in big-endian as well as in little-endian notation.
 * Usually, big-endian files are named <code>unx[mp]####.ddd</code>, while little-endian files
 * are named <code>lnx[mp]####.ddd</code>.</p>
 * <p>The IMCCE ephemerides binary files are recognized thanks to their base names,
 * which must match the pattern <code>inpop*.dat</code> (or
 * <code>inpop*.dat.gz</code> for gzip-compressed files) where * stands for any string.</p>
 * <p>The loader supports files encoded in big-endian as well as in little-endian notation.
 * Usually, big-endian files contain <code>bigendian</code> in their names, while little-endian files
 * contain <code>littleendian</code> in their names.</p>
 * <p>The loader supports files in TDB or TCB time scales.</p>
 * @author Luc Maisonobe
 */
public class JPLEphemeridesLoader implements CelestialBodyLoader {

    /** Default supported files name pattern for JPL DE files. */
    public static final String DEFAULT_DE_SUPPORTED_NAMES = "^[lu]nx([mp](\\d\\d\\d\\d))+\\.(?:4\\d\\d)$";

    /** Default supported files name pattern for IMCCE INPOP files. */
    public static final String DEFAULT_INPOP_SUPPORTED_NAMES = "^inpop.*\\.dat$";

    /** 50 days in seconds. */
    private static final double FIFTY_DAYS = 50 * Constants.JULIAN_DAY;

    /** DE number used by INPOP files. */
    private static final int INPOP_DE_NUMBER = 100;

    /** Maximal number of constants in headers. */
    private static final int CONSTANTS_MAX_NUMBER = 400;

    /** Offset of the ephemeris type in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_EPHEMERIS_TYPE_OFFSET = 2840;

    /** Offset of the record size (for INPOP files) in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_RECORD_SIZE_OFFSET = 2856;

    /** Offset of the start epoch in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_START_EPOCH_OFFSET = 2652;

    /** Offset of the end epoch in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_END_EPOCH_OFFSET = 2660;

    /** Offset of the astronomical unit in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT_OFFSET = 2680;

    /** Offset of the Earth-Moon mass ratio in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_EM_RATIO_OFFSET = 2688;

    /** Offset of Chebishev coefficients indices in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_CHEBISHEV_INDICES_OFFSET = 2696;

    /** Offset of libration coefficients indices in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_LIBRATION_INDICES_OFFSET = 2844;

    /** Offset of chunks duration in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_CHUNK_DURATION_OFFSET = 2668;

    /** Offset of the constants names in first header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_CONSTANTS_NAMES_OFFSET = 252;

    /** Offset of the constants values in second header record. */
    private static final int HEADER_CONSTANTS_VALUES_OFFSET = 0;

    /** Offset of the range start in the data records. */
    private static final int DATA_START_RANGE_OFFSET = 0;

    /** Offset of the range end in the data records. */
    private static final int DATE_END_RANGE_OFFSET = 8;

    /** The constant name for the astronomical unit. */
    private static final String CONSTANT_AU = "AU";

    /** The constant name for the earth-moon mass ratio. */
    private static final String CONSTANT_EMRAT = "EMRAT";

    /** List of supported ephemerides types. */
    public enum EphemerisType {

        /** Constant for solar system barycenter. */
        SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER,

        /** Constant for the Sun. */
        SUN,

        /** Constant for Mercury. */
        MERCURY,

        /** Constant for Venus. */
        VENUS,

        /** Constant for the Earth-Moon barycenter. */
        EARTH_MOON,

        /** Constant for the Earth. */
        EARTH,

        /** Constant for the Moon. */
        MOON,

        /** Constant for Mars. */
        MARS,

        /** Constant for Jupiter. */
        JUPITER,

        /** Constant for Saturn. */
        SATURN,

        /** Constant for Uranus. */
        URANUS,

        /** Constant for Neptune. */
        NEPTUNE,

        /** Constant for Pluto. */
        PLUTO

    }

    /** Interface for raw position-velocity retrieval. */
    public interface RawPVProvider {
        /** Get the position-velocity at date.
         * @param date date at which the position-velocity is desired
         * @return position-velocity at the specified date
         * @exception OrekitException if the date is not available to the loader
         */
        PVCoordinates getRawPV(final AbsoluteDate date) throws OrekitException;
    }

    /** Regular expression for supported files names. */
    private final String supportedNames;

    /** Ephemeris for selected body. */
    private final GenericTimeStampedCache<PosVelChebyshev> ephemerides;

    /** Constants defined in the file. */
    private final AtomicReference<Map<String, Double>> constants;

    /** Ephemeris type to generate. */
    private final EphemerisType generateType;

    /** Ephemeris type to load. */
    private final EphemerisType loadType;

    /** Current file start epoch. */
    private AbsoluteDate startEpoch;

    /** Current file final epoch. */
    private AbsoluteDate finalEpoch;

    /** Chunks duration (in seconds). */
    private double maxChunksDuration;

    /** Current file chunks duration (in seconds). */
    private double chunksDuration;

    /** Index of the first data for selected body. */
    private int firstIndex;

    /** Number of coefficients for selected body. */
    private int coeffs;

    /** Number of chunks for the selected body. */
    private int chunks;

    /** Number of components contained in the file. */
    private int components;

    /** Unit of the position coordinates (as a multiple of meters). */
    private double positionUnit;

    /** Time scale of the date coordinates. */
    private TimeScale timeScale;

    /** Indicator for binary file endianness. */
    private boolean bigEndian;

    /** Create a loader for JPL ephemerides binary files.
     * @param supportedNames regular expression for supported files names
     * @param generateType ephemeris type to generate
     * @exception OrekitException if the header constants cannot be read
     */
    public JPLEphemeridesLoader(final String supportedNames, final EphemerisType generateType)
            throws OrekitException {

        this.supportedNames = supportedNames;
        constants = new AtomicReference<Map<String, Double>>();

        this.generateType = generateType;
        if (generateType == EphemerisType.SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER) {
            loadType = EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON;
        } else if (generateType == EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON) {
            loadType = EphemerisType.MOON;
        } else {
            loadType = generateType;
        }

        ephemerides = new GenericTimeStampedCache<PosVelChebyshev>(2, OrekitConfiguration.getCacheSlotsNumber(),
                Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, FIFTY_DAYS, new EphemerisParser(), PosVelChebyshev.class);
        maxChunksDuration = Double.NaN;
        chunksDuration = Double.NaN;

    }

    /** Load celestial body.
     * @param name name of the celestial body
     * @return loaded celestial body
     * @throws OrekitException if the body cannot be loaded
     */
    public CelestialBody loadCelestialBody(final String name) throws OrekitException {

        final double gm = getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(generateType);
        final IAUPole iauPole = IAUPoleFactory.getIAUPole(generateType);
        final double scale;
        final Frame definingFrameAlignedWithICRF;
        final RawPVProvider rawPVProvider;
        switch (generateType) {
        case SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER: {
            scale = -1.0;
            final JPLEphemeridesLoader parentLoader = new JPLEphemeridesLoader(supportedNames,
                    EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON);
            final CelestialBody parentBody = parentLoader.loadCelestialBody(CelestialBodyFactory.EARTH_MOON);
            definingFrameAlignedWithICRF = parentBody.getInertiallyOrientedFrame();
            rawPVProvider = new EphemerisRawPVProvider();
            break;
        }
        case EARTH_MOON:
            scale = 1.0 / (1.0 + getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio());
            definingFrameAlignedWithICRF = FramesFactory.getGCRF();
            rawPVProvider = new EphemerisRawPVProvider();
            break;
        case EARTH:
            scale = 1.0;
            definingFrameAlignedWithICRF = FramesFactory.getGCRF();
            rawPVProvider = new ZeroRawPVProvider();
            break;
        case MOON:
            scale = 1.0;
            definingFrameAlignedWithICRF = FramesFactory.getGCRF();
            rawPVProvider = new EphemerisRawPVProvider();
            break;
        default: {
            scale = 1.0;
            final JPLEphemeridesLoader parentLoader = new JPLEphemeridesLoader(supportedNames,
                    EphemerisType.SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER);
            final CelestialBody parentBody = parentLoader
                    .loadCelestialBody(CelestialBodyFactory.SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER);
            definingFrameAlignedWithICRF = parentBody.getInertiallyOrientedFrame();
            rawPVProvider = new EphemerisRawPVProvider();
        }
        }

        // build the celestial body
        return new JPLCelestialBody(name, supportedNames, generateType, rawPVProvider, gm, scale, iauPole,
                definingFrameAlignedWithICRF);

    }

    /** Get astronomical unit.
     * @return astronomical unit in meters
     * @exception OrekitException if constants cannot be loaded
     */
    public double getLoadedAstronomicalUnit() throws OrekitException {
        return 1000.0 * getLoadedConstant(CONSTANT_AU);
    }

    /** Get Earth/Moon mass ratio.
     * @return Earth/Moon mass ratio
     * @exception OrekitException if constants cannot be loaded
     */
    public double getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio() throws OrekitException {
        return getLoadedConstant(CONSTANT_EMRAT);
    }

    /** Get the gravitational coefficient of a body.
     * @param body body for which the gravitational coefficient is requested
     * @return gravitational coefficient in m/s
     * @exception OrekitException if constants cannot be loaded
     */
    public double getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(final EphemerisType body) throws OrekitException {

        // coefficient in au/day
        final double rawGM;
        switch (body) {
        case SOLAR_SYSTEM_BARYCENTER:
            return getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.SUN)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.MERCURY)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.VENUS)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.MARS)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.JUPITER)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.SATURN)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.URANUS)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.NEPTUNE)
                    + getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.PLUTO);
        case SUN:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GMS", "GM_Sun");
            break;
        case MERCURY:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM1", "GM_Mer");
            break;
        case VENUS:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM2", "GM_Ven");
            break;
        case EARTH_MOON:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GMB", "GM_EMB");
            break;
        case EARTH:
            return getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio() * getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.MOON);
        case MOON:
            return getLoadedGravitationalCoefficient(EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON)
                    / (1.0 + getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio());
        case MARS:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM4", "GM_Mar");
            break;
        case JUPITER:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM5", "GM_Jup");
            break;
        case SATURN:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM6", "GM_Sat");
            break;
        case URANUS:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM7", "GM_Ura");
            break;
        case NEPTUNE:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM8", "GM_Nep");
            break;
        case PLUTO:
            rawGM = getLoadedConstant("GM9", "GM_Plu");
            break;
        default:
            throw new OrekitInternalError(null);
        }

        final double au = getLoadedAstronomicalUnit();
        return rawGM * au * au * au / (Constants.JULIAN_DAY * Constants.JULIAN_DAY);

    }

    /** Get a constant defined in the ephemerides headers.
     * <p>Note that since constants are defined in the JPL headers
     * files, they are available as soon as one file is available, even
     * if it doesn't match the desired central date. This is because the
     * header must be parsed before the dates can be checked.</p>
     * <p>
     * There are alternate names for constants since for example JPL names are
     * different from INPOP names (Sun gravity: GMS or GM_Sun, Mars gravity:
     * GM4 or GM_Mar...).
     * </p>
     * @param names alternate names of the constant
     * @return value of the constant of NaN if the constant is not defined
     * @exception OrekitException if constants cannot be loaded
     */
    public double getLoadedConstant(final String... names) throws OrekitException {

        // lazy loading of constants
        Map<String, Double> map = constants.get();
        if (map == null) {
            final ConstantsParser parser = new ConstantsParser();
            if (!DataProvidersManager.getInstance().feed(supportedNames, parser)) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NO_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILES_FOUND);
            }
            map = parser.getConstants();
            constants.compareAndSet(null, map);
        }

        for (final String name : names) {
            if (map.containsKey(name)) {
                return map.get(name).doubleValue();
            }
        }

        return Double.NaN;

    }

    /** Get the maximal chunks duration.
     * @return chunks maximal duration in seconds
     */
    public double getMaxChunksDuration() {
        return maxChunksDuration;
    }

    /** Parse the first header record.
     * @param record first header record
     * @param name name of the file (or zip entry)
     * @exception OrekitException if the header is not a JPL ephemerides binary file header
     */
    private void parseFirstHeaderRecord(final byte[] record, final String name) throws OrekitException {

        // get the ephemerides type
        final int deNum = extractInt(record, HEADER_EPHEMERIS_TYPE_OFFSET);

        // as default, 3 polynomial coefficients for the cartesian coordinates
        // (x, y, z) are contained in the file, positions are in kilometers
        // and times are in TDB
        components = 3;
        positionUnit = 1000.0;
        timeScale = TimeScalesFactory.getTDB();

        if (deNum == INPOP_DE_NUMBER) {
            // an INPOP file may contain 6 components (including coefficients for the velocity vector)
            final double format = getLoadedConstant("FORMAT");
            if (!Double.isNaN(format) && (int) FastMath.IEEEremainder(format, 10) != 1) {
                components = 6;
            }

            // INPOP files may have their polynomials expressed in AU
            final double unite = getLoadedConstant("UNITE");
            if (!Double.isNaN(unite) && (int) unite == 0) {
                positionUnit = getLoadedAstronomicalUnit();
            }

            // INPOP files may have their times expressed in TCB
            final double timesc = getLoadedConstant("TIMESC");
            if (!Double.isNaN(timesc) && (int) timesc == 1) {
                timeScale = TimeScalesFactory.getTCB();
            }

        }

        // extract covered date range
        startEpoch = extractDate(record, HEADER_START_EPOCH_OFFSET);
        finalEpoch = extractDate(record, HEADER_END_EPOCH_OFFSET);
        boolean ok = finalEpoch.compareTo(startEpoch) > 0;

        // indices of the Chebyshev coefficients for each ephemeris
        for (int i = 0; i < 12; ++i) {
            final int row1 = extractInt(record, HEADER_CHEBISHEV_INDICES_OFFSET + 12 * i);
            final int row2 = extractInt(record, HEADER_CHEBISHEV_INDICES_OFFSET + 4 + 12 * i);
            final int row3 = extractInt(record, HEADER_CHEBISHEV_INDICES_OFFSET + 8 + 12 * i);
            ok = ok && (row1 >= 0) && (row2 >= 0) && (row3 >= 0);
            if (((i == 0) && (loadType == EphemerisType.MERCURY)) || ((i == 1) && (loadType == EphemerisType.VENUS))
                    || ((i == 2) && (loadType == EphemerisType.EARTH_MOON))
                    || ((i == 3) && (loadType == EphemerisType.MARS))
                    || ((i == 4) && (loadType == EphemerisType.JUPITER))
                    || ((i == 5) && (loadType == EphemerisType.SATURN))
                    || ((i == 6) && (loadType == EphemerisType.URANUS))
                    || ((i == 7) && (loadType == EphemerisType.NEPTUNE))
                    || ((i == 8) && (loadType == EphemerisType.PLUTO))
                    || ((i == 9) && (loadType == EphemerisType.MOON))
                    || ((i == 10) && (loadType == EphemerisType.SUN))) {
                firstIndex = row1;
                coeffs = row2;
                chunks = row3;
            }
        }

        // compute chunks duration
        final double timeSpan = extractDouble(record, HEADER_CHUNK_DURATION_OFFSET);
        ok = ok && (timeSpan > 0) && (timeSpan < 100);
        chunksDuration = Constants.JULIAN_DAY * (timeSpan / chunks);
        if (Double.isNaN(maxChunksDuration)) {
            maxChunksDuration = chunksDuration;
        } else {
            maxChunksDuration = FastMath.max(maxChunksDuration, chunksDuration);
        }

        // sanity checks
        if (!ok) {
            throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NOT_A_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILE, name);
        }

    }

    /** Read first header record.
     * @param input input stream
     * @param name name of the file (or zip entry)
     * @return record record where to put bytes
     * @exception OrekitException if the stream does not contain a JPL ephemeris
     * @exception IOException if a read error occurs
     */
    private byte[] readFirstRecord(final InputStream input, final String name) throws OrekitException, IOException {

        // read first part of record, up to the ephemeris type
        final byte[] firstPart = new byte[HEADER_RECORD_SIZE_OFFSET + 4];
        if (!readInRecord(input, firstPart, 0)) {
            throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.UNABLE_TO_READ_JPL_HEADER, name);
        }

        // detect the endian format
        detectEndianess(firstPart);

        // get the ephemerides type
        final int deNum = extractInt(firstPart, HEADER_EPHEMERIS_TYPE_OFFSET);

        // the record size for this file
        int recordSize = 0;

        if (deNum == INPOP_DE_NUMBER) {
            // INPOP files have an extended DE format, which includes also the record size
            recordSize = extractInt(firstPart, HEADER_RECORD_SIZE_OFFSET) << 3;
        } else {
            // compute the record size for original JPL files
            recordSize = computeRecordSize(firstPart, name);
        }

        if (recordSize <= 0) {
            throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.UNABLE_TO_READ_JPL_HEADER, name);
        }

        // build a record with the proper size and finish read of the first complete record
        final int start = firstPart.length;
        final byte[] record = new byte[recordSize];
        System.arraycopy(firstPart, 0, record, 0, firstPart.length);
        if (!readInRecord(input, record, start)) {
            throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.UNABLE_TO_READ_JPL_HEADER, name);
        }

        return record;

    }

    /** Parse constants from first two header records.
     * @param first first header record
     * @param second second header record
     * @param name name of the file (or zip entry)
     * @return map of parsed constants
     */
    private Map<String, Double> parseConstants(final byte[] first, final byte[] second, final String name) {

        final Map<String, Double> map = new HashMap<String, Double>();

        for (int i = 0; i < CONSTANTS_MAX_NUMBER; ++i) {
            // Note: for extracting the strings from the binary file, it makes no difference
            //       if the file is stored in big-endian or little-endian notation
            final String constantName = extractString(first, HEADER_CONSTANTS_NAMES_OFFSET + i * 6, 6);
            if (constantName.length() == 0) {
                // no more constants to read
                break;
            }
            final double constantValue = extractDouble(second, HEADER_CONSTANTS_VALUES_OFFSET + 8 * i);
            map.put(constantName, constantValue);
        }

        // INPOP files do not have constants for AU and EMRAT, thus extract them from
        // the header record and create a constant for them to be consistent with JPL files
        if (!map.containsKey(CONSTANT_AU)) {
            map.put(CONSTANT_AU, extractDouble(first, HEADER_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT_OFFSET));
        }

        if (!map.containsKey(CONSTANT_EMRAT)) {
            map.put(CONSTANT_EMRAT, extractDouble(first, HEADER_EM_RATIO_OFFSET));
        }

        return map;

    }

    /** Read bytes into the current record array.
     * @param input input stream
     * @param record record where to put bytes
     * @param start start index where to put bytes
     * @return true if record has been filled up
     * @exception IOException if a read error occurs
     */
    private boolean readInRecord(final InputStream input, final byte[] record, final int start) throws IOException {
        int index = start;
        while (index != record.length) {
            final int n = input.read(record, index, record.length - index);
            if (n < 0) {
                return false;
            }
            index += n;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /** Detect whether the JPL ephemerides file is stored in big-endian or
     * little-endian notation.
     * @param record the array containing the binary JPL header
     */
    private void detectEndianess(final byte[] record) {

        // default to big-endian
        bigEndian = true;

        // first try to read the DE number in big-endian format
        // the number is stored as unsigned int, so we have to convert it properly
        final long deNum = extractInt(record, HEADER_EPHEMERIS_TYPE_OFFSET) & 0xffffffffL;

        // simple heuristic: if the read value is larger than half the range of an integer
        //                   assume the file is in little-endian format
        if (deNum > (1 << 15)) {
            bigEndian = false;
        }

    }

    /** Calculate the record size of a JPL ephemerides file.
     * @param record the byte array containing the header record
     * @param name the name of the data file
     * @return the record size for this file
     * @throws OrekitException if the file contains unexpected data
     */
    private int computeRecordSize(final byte[] record, final String name) throws OrekitException {

        int recordSize = 0;
        boolean ok = true;
        // JPL files always have 3 position components
        final int nComp = 3;

        // iterate over the coefficient ptr array and sum up the record size
        // the coeffPtr array has the dimensions [12][nComp]
        for (int j = 0; j < 12; j++) {
            final int nCompCur = (j == 11) ? 2 : nComp;

            // Note: the array element coeffPtr[j][0] is not needed for the calculation
            final int idx = HEADER_CHEBISHEV_INDICES_OFFSET + j * nComp * 4;
            final int coeffPtr1 = extractInt(record, idx + 4);
            final int coeffPtr2 = extractInt(record, idx + 8);

            // sanity checks
            ok = ok && (coeffPtr1 >= 0 || coeffPtr2 >= 0);

            recordSize += coeffPtr1 * coeffPtr2 * nCompCur;
        }

        // the libration ptr array has the dimension [3]
        // Note: the array element libratPtr[0] is not needed for the calculation
        final int libratPtr1 = extractInt(record, HEADER_LIBRATION_INDICES_OFFSET + 4);
        final int libratPtr2 = extractInt(record, HEADER_LIBRATION_INDICES_OFFSET + 8);

        // sanity checks
        ok = ok && (libratPtr1 >= 0 || libratPtr2 >= 0);

        recordSize += libratPtr1 * libratPtr2 * nComp + 2;
        recordSize <<= 3;

        if (!ok || recordSize <= 0) {
            throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NOT_A_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILE, name);
        }

        return recordSize;

    }

    /** Extract a date from a record.
     * @param record record to parse
     * @param offset offset of the double within the record
     * @return extracted date
     */
    private AbsoluteDate extractDate(final byte[] record, final int offset) {

        final double t = extractDouble(record, offset);
        int jDay = (int) FastMath.floor(t);
        double seconds = (t + 0.5 - jDay) * Constants.JULIAN_DAY;
        if (seconds >= Constants.JULIAN_DAY) {
            ++jDay;
            seconds -= Constants.JULIAN_DAY;
        }
        return new AbsoluteDate(new DateComponents(DateComponents.JULIAN_EPOCH, jDay), new TimeComponents(seconds),
                timeScale);
    }

    /** Extract a double from a record.
     * <p>Double numbers are stored according to IEEE 754 standard, with
     * most significant byte first.</p>
     * @param record record to parse
     * @param offset offset of the double within the record
     * @return extracted double
     */
    private double extractDouble(final byte[] record, final int offset) {
        final long l8 = ((long) record[offset + 0]) & 0xffl;
        final long l7 = ((long) record[offset + 1]) & 0xffl;
        final long l6 = ((long) record[offset + 2]) & 0xffl;
        final long l5 = ((long) record[offset + 3]) & 0xffl;
        final long l4 = ((long) record[offset + 4]) & 0xffl;
        final long l3 = ((long) record[offset + 5]) & 0xffl;
        final long l2 = ((long) record[offset + 6]) & 0xffl;
        final long l1 = ((long) record[offset + 7]) & 0xffl;
        long l;
        if (bigEndian) {
            l = (l8 << 56) | (l7 << 48) | (l6 << 40) | (l5 << 32) | (l4 << 24) | (l3 << 16) | (l2 << 8) | l1;
        } else {
            l = (l1 << 56) | (l2 << 48) | (l3 << 40) | (l4 << 32) | (l5 << 24) | (l6 << 16) | (l7 << 8) | l8;
        }
        return Double.longBitsToDouble(l);
    }

    /** Extract an int from a record.
     * @param record record to parse
     * @param offset offset of the double within the record
     * @return extracted int
     */
    private int extractInt(final byte[] record, final int offset) {
        final int l4 = ((int) record[offset + 0]) & 0xff;
        final int l3 = ((int) record[offset + 1]) & 0xff;
        final int l2 = ((int) record[offset + 2]) & 0xff;
        final int l1 = ((int) record[offset + 3]) & 0xff;

        if (bigEndian) {
            return (l4 << 24) | (l3 << 16) | (l2 << 8) | l1;
        } else {
            return (l1 << 24) | (l2 << 16) | (l3 << 8) | l4;
        }
    }

    /** Extract a String from a record.
     * @param record record to parse
     * @param offset offset of the string within the record
     * @param length maximal length of the string
     * @return extracted string, with whitespace characters stripped
     */
    private String extractString(final byte[] record, final int offset, final int length) {
        try {
            return new String(record, offset, length, "US-ASCII").trim();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
            throw new OrekitInternalError(uee);
        }
    }

    /** Local parser for header constants. */
    private class ConstantsParser implements DataLoader {

        /** Local constants map. */
        private Map<String, Double> localConstants;

        /** Get the local constants map.
          * @return local constants map
          */
        public Map<String, Double> getConstants() {
            return localConstants;
        }

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public boolean stillAcceptsData() {
            return localConstants == null;
        }

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public void loadData(final InputStream input, final String name)
                throws IOException, ParseException, OrekitException {

            // read first header record
            final byte[] first = readFirstRecord(input, name);

            // the second record contains the values of the constants used for least-square filtering
            final byte[] second = new byte[first.length];
            if (!readInRecord(input, second, 0)) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.UNABLE_TO_READ_JPL_HEADER, name);
            }

            localConstants = parseConstants(first, second, name);

        }

    }

    /** Local parser for Chebyshev polynomials. */
    private class EphemerisParser implements DataLoader, TimeStampedGenerator<PosVelChebyshev> {

        /** Set of Chebyshev polynomials read. */
        private final SortedSet<PosVelChebyshev> entries;

        /** Start of range we are interested in. */
        private AbsoluteDate start;

        /** End of range we are interested in. */
        private AbsoluteDate end;

        /** Simple constructor.
         */
        EphemerisParser() {
            entries = new TreeSet<PosVelChebyshev>(new Comparator<PosVelChebyshev>() {
                public int compare(final PosVelChebyshev o1, final PosVelChebyshev o2) {
                    return o1.getDate().compareTo(o2.getDate());
                }
            });
        }

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public List<PosVelChebyshev> generate(final PosVelChebyshev existing, final AbsoluteDate date)
                throws TimeStampedCacheException {
            try {

                // prepare reading
                entries.clear();
                if (existing == null) {
                    // we want ephemeris data for the first time, set up an arbitrary first range
                    start = date.shiftedBy(-FIFTY_DAYS);
                    end = date.shiftedBy(+FIFTY_DAYS);
                } else if (existing.getDate().compareTo(date) <= 0) {
                    // we want to extend an existing range towards future dates
                    start = existing.getDate();
                    end = date;
                } else {
                    // we want to extend an existing range towards past dates
                    start = date;
                    end = existing.getDate();
                }

                // get new entries in the specified data range
                if (!DataProvidersManager.getInstance().feed(supportedNames, this)) {
                    throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NO_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILES_FOUND);
                }

                return new ArrayList<PosVelChebyshev>(entries);

            } catch (OrekitException oe) {
                throw new TimeStampedCacheException(oe);
            }
        }

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public boolean stillAcceptsData() {

            // special case for Earth: we do not really load any ephemeris data
            if (generateType == EphemerisType.EARTH) {
                return false;
            }

            // we have to look for data in all available ephemerides files as there may be
            // data overlaps that result in incomplete data
            if (entries.isEmpty()) {
                return true;
            } else {
                // if the requested range is already filled, we do not need to look further
                return !(entries.first().getDate().compareTo(start) < 0
                        && entries.last().getDate().compareTo(end) > 0);
            }

        }

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public void loadData(final InputStream input, final String name) throws OrekitException, IOException {

            // read first header record
            final byte[] first = readFirstRecord(input, name);

            // the second record contains the values of the constants used for least-square filtering
            final byte[] second = new byte[first.length];
            if (!readInRecord(input, second, 0)) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.UNABLE_TO_READ_JPL_HEADER, name);
            }

            if (constants.get() == null) {
                constants.compareAndSet(null, parseConstants(first, second, name));
            }

            // check astronomical unit consistency
            final double au = 1000 * extractDouble(first, HEADER_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT_OFFSET);
            if ((au < 1.4e11) || (au > 1.6e11)) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NOT_A_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILE, name);
            }
            if (FastMath.abs(getLoadedAstronomicalUnit() - au) >= 10.0) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.INCONSISTENT_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT_IN_FILES,
                        getLoadedAstronomicalUnit(), au);
            }

            // check Earth-Moon mass ratio consistency
            final double emRat = extractDouble(first, HEADER_EM_RATIO_OFFSET);
            if ((emRat < 80) || (emRat > 82)) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.NOT_A_JPL_EPHEMERIDES_BINARY_FILE, name);
            }
            if (FastMath.abs(getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio() - emRat) >= 1.0e-5) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.INCONSISTENT_EARTH_MOON_RATIO_IN_FILES,
                        getLoadedEarthMoonMassRatio(), emRat);
            }

            // parse first header record
            parseFirstHeaderRecord(first, name);

            if (startEpoch.compareTo(end) < 0 && finalEpoch.compareTo(start) > 0) {
                // this file contains data in the range we are looking for, read it
                final byte[] record = new byte[first.length];
                while (readInRecord(input, record, 0)) {
                    final AbsoluteDate rangeStart = parseDataRecord(record);
                    if (rangeStart.compareTo(end) > 0) {
                        // we have already exceeded the range we were interested in,
                        // we interrupt parsing here
                        return;
                    }
                }
            }

        }

        /** Parse regular ephemeris record.
         * @param record record to parse
         * @return date of the last parsed chunk
         * @exception OrekitException if the header is not a JPL ephemerides binary file header
         */
        private AbsoluteDate parseDataRecord(final byte[] record) throws OrekitException {

            // extract time range covered by the record
            final AbsoluteDate rangeStart = extractDate(record, DATA_START_RANGE_OFFSET);
            if (rangeStart.compareTo(startEpoch) < 0) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.OUT_OF_RANGE_EPHEMERIDES_DATE, rangeStart, startEpoch,
                        finalEpoch);
            }

            final AbsoluteDate rangeEnd = extractDate(record, DATE_END_RANGE_OFFSET);
            if (rangeEnd.compareTo(finalEpoch) > 0) {
                throw new OrekitException(OrekitMessages.OUT_OF_RANGE_EPHEMERIDES_DATE, rangeEnd, startEpoch,
                        finalEpoch);
            }

            if (rangeStart.compareTo(end) > 0 || rangeEnd.compareTo(start) < 0) {
                // we are not interested in this record, don't parse it
                return rangeEnd;
            }

            // loop over chunks inside the time range
            AbsoluteDate chunkEnd = rangeStart;
            final int nbChunks = chunks;
            final int nbCoeffs = coeffs;
            final int first = firstIndex;
            final double duration = chunksDuration;
            for (int i = 0; i < nbChunks; ++i) {

                // set up chunk validity range
                final AbsoluteDate chunkStart = chunkEnd;
                chunkEnd = (i == nbChunks - 1) ? rangeEnd : rangeStart.shiftedBy((i + 1) * duration);

                // extract Chebyshev coefficients for the selected body
                // and convert them from kilometers to meters
                final double[] xCoeffs = new double[nbCoeffs];
                final double[] yCoeffs = new double[nbCoeffs];
                final double[] zCoeffs = new double[nbCoeffs];

                for (int k = 0; k < nbCoeffs; ++k) {
                    // by now, only use the position components
                    // if there are also velocity components contained in the file, ignore them
                    final int index = first + components * i * nbCoeffs + k - 1;
                    xCoeffs[k] = positionUnit * extractDouble(record, 8 * index);
                    yCoeffs[k] = positionUnit * extractDouble(record, 8 * (index + nbCoeffs));
                    zCoeffs[k] = positionUnit * extractDouble(record, 8 * (index + 2 * nbCoeffs));
                }

                // build the position-velocity model for current chunk
                entries.add(new PosVelChebyshev(chunkStart, duration, xCoeffs, yCoeffs, zCoeffs));

            }

            return rangeStart;

        }

    }

    /** Raw position-velocity provider using ephemeris. */
    private class EphemerisRawPVProvider implements RawPVProvider {

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public PVCoordinates getRawPV(final AbsoluteDate date) throws TimeStampedCacheException {

            // get raw PV from Chebyshev polynomials
            PosVelChebyshev chebyshev;
            try {
                chebyshev = ephemerides.getNeighbors(date).get(0);
            } catch (TimeStampedCacheException tce) {
                // we cannot bracket the date, check if the last available chunk covers the specified date
                chebyshev = ephemerides.getLatest();
                if (!chebyshev.inRange(date)) {
                    // we were not able to recover from the error, the date is too far
                    throw tce;
                }
            }

            // evaluate the Chebyshev polynomials
            return chebyshev.getPositionVelocityAcceleration(date);

        }

    }

    /** Raw position-velocity provider providing always zero. */
    private static class ZeroRawPVProvider implements RawPVProvider {

        /** {@inheritDoc} */
        public PVCoordinates getRawPV(final AbsoluteDate date) {
            return PVCoordinates.ZERO;
        }

    }

}