@cesium/engine 10.1.0 → 11.0.0

package/Source/DataSources/CheckerboardMaterialProperty.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -105,14 +106,19 @@ CheckerboardMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "Checkerboard";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 CheckerboardMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/ColorMaterialProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -69,14 +70,19 @@ ColorMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "Color";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 ColorMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/CompositeMaterialProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import CompositeProperty from "./CompositeProperty.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -82,19 +83,19 @@ CompositeMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return undefined;
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 CompositeMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
-  //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
   if (!defined(time)) {
-    throw new DeveloperError("time is required");
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
   }
-  //>>includeEnd('debug');
 
   const innerProperty = this._composite._intervals.findDataForIntervalContainingDate(
     time

package/Source/DataSources/CompositePositionProperty.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import ReferenceFrame from "../Core/ReferenceFrame.js";
 import CompositeProperty from "./CompositeProperty.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
@@ -82,14 +83,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(CompositePositionProperty.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time in the fixed frame.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {Cartesian3} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {Cartesian3 | undefined} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 CompositePositionProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   return this.getValueInReferenceFrame(time, ReferenceFrame.FIXED, result);
 };
 

package/Source/DataSources/CompositeProperty.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
-import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
 import EventHelper from "../Core/EventHelper.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import TimeIntervalCollection from "../Core/TimeIntervalCollection.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -103,19 +103,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(CompositeProperty.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 CompositeProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
-  //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
   if (!defined(time)) {
-    throw new DeveloperError("time is required");
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
   }
-  //>>includeEnd('debug');
 
   const innerProperty = this._intervals.findDataForIntervalContainingDate(time);
   if (defined(innerProperty)) {

package/Source/DataSources/ConstantPositionProperty.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import ReferenceFrame from "../Core/ReferenceFrame.js";
 import PositionProperty from "./PositionProperty.js";
 
@@ -65,14 +66,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(ConstantPositionProperty.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time in the fixed frame.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 ConstantPositionProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   return this.getValueInReferenceFrame(time, ReferenceFrame.FIXED, result);
 };
 

package/Source/DataSources/Entity.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function createPropertyTypeDescriptor(name, Type) {
  * @property {TimeIntervalCollection} [availability] The availability, if any, associated with this object.
  * @property {boolean} [show] A boolean value indicating if the entity and its children are displayed.
  * @property {Property | string} [description] A string Property specifying an HTML description for this entity.
- * @property {PositionProperty | Cartesian3} [position] A Property specifying the entity position.
+ * @property {PositionProperty | Cartesian3 | CallbackProperty} [position] A Property specifying the entity position.
  * @property {Property | Quaternion} [orientation=Transforms.eastNorthUpToFixedFrame(position)] A Property specifying the entity orientation in respect to Earth-fixed-Earth-centered (ECEF). If undefined, east-north-up at entity position is used.
  * @property {Property | Cartesian3} [viewFrom] A suggested initial offset for viewing this object.
  * @property {Entity} [parent] A parent entity to associate with this entity.

package/Source/DataSources/GridMaterialProperty.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -134,14 +135,19 @@ GridMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "Grid";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 GridMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/ImageMaterialProperty.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -114,14 +115,20 @@ ImageMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "Image";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 ImageMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
+
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/MaterialProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import Material from "../Scene/Material.js";
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ MaterialProperty.prototype.getType = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  * @function
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
@@ -78,11 +79,16 @@ MaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;
  */
 MaterialProperty.prototype.equals = DeveloperError.throwInstantiationError;
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * @private
  */
 MaterialProperty.getValue = function (time, materialProperty, material) {
   let type;
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
 
   if (defined(materialProperty)) {
     type = materialProperty.getType(time);

package/Source/DataSources/NodeTransformationProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import TranslationRotationScale from "../Core/TranslationRotationScale.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
@@ -92,14 +93,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(NodeTransformationProperty.prototype, {
   scale: createPropertyDescriptor("scale"),
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {TranslationRotationScale} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {TranslationRotationScale} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 NodeTransformationProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = new TranslationRotationScale();
   }

package/Source/DataSources/PolylineArrowMaterialProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -67,14 +68,19 @@ PolylineArrowMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "PolylineArrow";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PolylineArrowMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/PolylineDashMaterialProperty.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -110,14 +111,19 @@ PolylineDashMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "PolylineDash";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PolylineDashMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/PolylineGlowMaterialProperty.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -95,14 +96,19 @@ PolylineGlowMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "PolylineGlow";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PolylineGlowMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/PolylineOutlineMaterialProperty.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Color from "../Core/Color.js";
 import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -102,14 +103,19 @@ PolylineOutlineMaterialProperty.prototype.getType = function (time) {
   return "PolylineOutline";
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PolylineOutlineMaterialProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};
   }

package/Source/DataSources/PositionProperty.js

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Object.defineProperties(PositionProperty.prototype, {
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time in the fixed frame.
  * @function
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {Cartesian3} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {Cartesian3 | undefined} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */

package/Source/DataSources/PositionPropertyArray.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
 import EventHelper from "../Core/EventHelper.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import ReferenceFrame from "../Core/ReferenceFrame.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
@@ -76,14 +77,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(PositionPropertyArray.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {Cartesian3[]} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {Cartesian3[]} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PositionPropertyArray.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   return this.getValueInReferenceFrame(time, ReferenceFrame.FIXED, result);
 };
 

package/Source/DataSources/Property.js

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Object.defineProperties(Property.prototype, {
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  * @function
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */

package/Source/DataSources/PropertyArray.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
-import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
 import EventHelper from "../Core/EventHelper.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
 /**
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(PropertyArray.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {Object[]} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {Object[]} The modified result parameter, which is an array of values produced by evaluating each of the contained properties at the given time or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PropertyArray.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
-  //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
   if (!defined(time)) {
-    throw new DeveloperError("time is required.");
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
   }
-  //>>includeEnd('debug');
 
   const value = this._value;
   if (!defined(value)) {

package/Source/DataSources/PropertyBag.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import ConstantProperty from "./ConstantProperty.js";
 import createPropertyDescriptor from "./createPropertyDescriptor.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
@@ -157,21 +158,21 @@ PropertyBag.prototype.removeProperty = function (propertyName) {
   this._definitionChanged.raiseEvent(this);
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of this property.  Each contained property will be evaluated at the given time, and the overall
  * result will be an object, mapping property names to those values.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * Note that any properties in result which are not part of this PropertyBag will be left as-is.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 PropertyBag.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
-  //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
   if (!defined(time)) {
-    throw new DeveloperError("time is required.");
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
   }
-  //>>includeEnd('debug');
 
   if (!defined(result)) {
     result = {};

package/Source/DataSources/ReferenceProperty.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
 
 function resolve(that) {
@@ -254,15 +255,20 @@ ReferenceProperty.fromString = function (targetCollection, referenceString) {
   return new ReferenceProperty(targetCollection, identifier, values);
 };
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 ReferenceProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
   const target = resolve(this);
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   return defined(target) ? target.getValue(time, result) : undefined;
 };
 

package/Source/DataSources/SampledPositionProperty.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import defaultValue from "../Core/defaultValue.js";
 import defined from "../Core/defined.js";
 import DeveloperError from "../Core/DeveloperError.js";
 import Event from "../Core/Event.js";
+import JulianDate from "../Core/JulianDate.js";
 import ReferenceFrame from "../Core/ReferenceFrame.js";
 import PositionProperty from "./PositionProperty.js";
 import Property from "./Property.js";
@@ -178,14 +179,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(SampledPositionProperty.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the position at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {Cartesian3} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {Cartesian3 | undefined} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 SampledPositionProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
   return this.getValueInReferenceFrame(time, ReferenceFrame.FIXED, result);
 };
 

package/Source/DataSources/SampledProperty.js

@@ -359,17 +359,19 @@ Object.defineProperties(SampledProperty.prototype, {
   },
 });
 
+const timeScratch = new JulianDate();
+
 /**
  * Gets the value of the property at the provided time.
  *
- * @param {JulianDate} time The time for which to retrieve the value.
+ * @param {JulianDate} [time=JulianDate.now()] The time for which to retrieve the value. If omitted, the current system time is used.
  * @param {object} [result] The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.
  * @returns {object} The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  */
 SampledProperty.prototype.getValue = function (time, result) {
-  //>>includeStart('debug', pragmas.debug);
-  Check.defined("time", time);
-  //>>includeEnd('debug');
+  if (!defined(time)) {
+    time = JulianDate.now(timeScratch);
+  }
 
   const times = this._times;
   const timesLength = times.length;