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Struct used to represent a schedule of recurring events.

Use the new/2 function to create a new schedule, and the add_recurrence_rule/2 function to add rules to describe how to repeat.

Currently, Cocktail supports the following types of repeat rules:

  • Weekly - Every week, relative to the schedule's start time
  • Daily - Every day at the schedule's start time
  • Hourly - Every hour, starting at the schedule's start time
  • Minutely - Every minute, starting at the schedule's start time
  • Secondly - Every second, starting at the schedule's start time

Once a schedule has been created, you can use occurrences/2 to generate a stream of occurrences, which are either Cocktail.time/0s or Cocktail.Span.t/0s if a duration option was given to the schedule.

Various options can be given to modify the way the repeat rule and schedule behave. See add_recurrence_rule/3 for details on them.

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Types

t()

Struct used to represent a schedule of recurring events.

Functions

Adds an exception time to the schedule.

Adds a recurrence rule of the given frequency to a schedule.

Adds a one-off recurrence time to the schedule.

Add an end time to all recurrence rules in the schedule.

Parses a string in iCalendar format into a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

Creates a new schedule using the given start time and options.

Creates a stream of occurrences from the given schedule.

Builds an iCalendar format string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

Builds an iCalendar RRULE format string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

Builds a human readable string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

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@type t() :: %Cocktail.Schedule{
  duration: pos_integer() | nil,
  exception_times: [Cocktail.time()],
  recurrence_rules: [Cocktail.Rule.t()],
  recurrence_times: [Cocktail.time()],
  start_time: Cocktail.time()
}

Struct used to represent a schedule of recurring events.

This type should be considered opaque, so its fields shouldn't be modified directly. Instead, use the functions provided in this module to create and manipulate schedules.

fields

Fields:

  • :start_time - The schedule's start time
  • :duration - The duration of each occurrence (in seconds)

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add_exception_time(schedule, time)

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@spec add_exception_time(t(), Cocktail.time()) :: t()

Adds an exception time to the schedule.

This exception time will cancel out any occurrence generated from the schedule's recurrence rules or recurrence times.

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add_recurrence_rule(schedule, frequency, options \\ [])

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@spec add_recurrence_rule(t(), Cocktail.frequency(), Cocktail.rule_options()) :: t()

Adds a recurrence rule of the given frequency to a schedule.

The frequency can be one of :monthly, :weekly, :daily, :hourly, :minutely or :secondly

options

Options

  • :interval - How often to repeat, given the frequency. For example a :daily rule with interval 2 would be "every other day".
  • :count - The number of times this rule can produce an occurrence. (not yet support)
  • :until - The end date/time after which the rule will no longer produce occurrences.
  • :days_of_month - Restrict this rule to specific days of the month. (e.g. [-1, 10, 31])
  • :days - Restrict this rule to specific days. (e.g. [:monday, :wednesday, :friday])
  • :hours - Restrict this rule to certain hours of the day. (e.g. [10, 12, 14])
  • :minutes - Restrict this rule to certain minutes of the hour. (e.g. [0, 15, 30, 45])
  • :seconds - Restrict this rule to certain seconds of the minute. (e.g. [0, 30])

examples

Examples

iex> start_time = ~N[2017-01-01 06:00:00]
...> start_time |> new() |> add_recurrence_rule(:daily, interval: 2, hours: [10, 14])
#Cocktail.Schedule<Every 2 days on the 10th and 14th hours of the day>
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add_recurrence_time(schedule, time)

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@spec add_recurrence_time(t(), Cocktail.time()) :: t()

Adds a one-off recurrence time to the schedule.

This recurrence time can be any time after (or including) the schedule's start time. When generating occurrences from this schedule, the given time will be included in the set of occurrences alongside any recurrence rules.

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end_all_recurrence_rules(schedule, end_time)

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@spec end_all_recurrence_rules(t(), Cocktail.time()) :: t()

Add an end time to all recurrence rules in the schedule.

This has the same effect as if you'd passed the :until option when adding all recurrence rules to the schedule.

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from_i_calendar(i_calendar_string)

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@spec from_i_calendar(String.t()) :: {:ok, t()} | {:error, term()}

Parses a string in iCalendar format into a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

see Cocktail.Parser.ICalendar.parse/1 for details.

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new(start_time, options \\ [])

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Creates a new schedule using the given start time and options.

This schedule will be empty and needs recurrence rules added to it before it is useful. Use add_recurrence_rule/3 to add rules to a schedule.

options

Options

  • :duration - The duration of each event in the schedule (in seconds).

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Examples

iex> new(~N[2017-01-01 06:00:00], duration: 3_600)
#Cocktail.Schedule<>
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occurrences(schedule, start_time \\ nil)

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@spec occurrences(t(), Cocktail.time() | nil) :: Enumerable.t()

Creates a stream of occurrences from the given schedule.

An optional start_time can be supplied to not start at the schedule's start time.

The occurrences that are produced by the stream can be one of several types:

examples

Examples

# using a NaiveDateTime
iex> start_time = ~N[2017-01-01 06:00:00]
...> schedule = start_time |> new() |> add_recurrence_rule(:daily, interval: 2, hours: [10, 14])
...> schedule |> occurrences() |> Enum.take(3)
[~N[2017-01-01 10:00:00],
 ~N[2017-01-01 14:00:00],
 ~N[2017-01-03 10:00:00]]

# using an alternate start time
iex> start_time = ~N[2017-01-01 06:00:00]
...> schedule = start_time |> new() |> add_recurrence_rule(:daily, interval: 2, hours: [10, 14])
...> schedule |> occurrences(~N[2017-10-01 06:00:00]) |> Enum.take(3)
[~N[2017-10-02 10:00:00],
 ~N[2017-10-02 14:00:00],
 ~N[2017-10-04 10:00:00]]

# using a DateTime with a time zone
iex> start_time = Timex.to_datetime(~N[2017-01-02 10:00:00], "America/Los_Angeles")
...> schedule = start_time |> new() |> add_recurrence_rule(:daily)
...> schedule |> occurrences() |> Enum.take(3) |> Enum.map(&Timex.format!(&1, "{ISO:Extended}"))
["2017-01-02T10:00:00-08:00",
 "2017-01-03T10:00:00-08:00",
 "2017-01-04T10:00:00-08:00"]

# using a NaiveDateTime with a duration
iex> start_time = ~N[2017-02-01 12:00:00]
...> schedule = start_time |> new(duration: 3_600) |> add_recurrence_rule(:weekly)
...> schedule |> occurrences() |> Enum.take(3)
[%Cocktail.Span{from: ~N[2017-02-01 12:00:00], until: ~N[2017-02-01 13:00:00]},
 %Cocktail.Span{from: ~N[2017-02-08 12:00:00], until: ~N[2017-02-08 13:00:00]},
 %Cocktail.Span{from: ~N[2017-02-15 12:00:00], until: ~N[2017-02-15 13:00:00]}]
@spec to_i_calendar(t()) :: String.t()

Builds an iCalendar format string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

see Cocktail.Builder.ICalendar.build/1 for details.

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to_i_calendar_rrule(schedule)

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@spec to_i_calendar_rrule(t()) :: String.t()

Builds an iCalendar RRULE format string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

see Cocktail.Builder.ICalendar.build_rule/1 for details.

@spec to_string(t()) :: String.t()

Builds a human readable string representation of a Cocktail.Schedule.t/0.

see Cocktail.Builder.String.build/1 for details.