java.lang.Object
- net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Component
- - net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.CalendarComponent
  - - net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.VEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, ComponentContainer<Component>, PropertyContainer

public class VEvent
extends CalendarComponent
implements ComponentContainer<Component>

$Id$ [Apr 5, 2004] Defines an iCalendar VEVENT component.

       4.6.1 Event Component

          Component Name: "VEVENT"

          Purpose: Provide a grouping of component properties that describe an
          event.

          Format Definition: A "VEVENT" calendar component is defined by the
          following notation:

            eventc     = "BEGIN" ":" "VEVENT" CRLF
                         eventprop *alarmc
                         "END" ":" "VEVENT" CRLF

            eventprop  = *(

                       ; the following are optional,
                       ; but MUST NOT occur more than once

                       class / created / description / dtstart / geo /
                       last-mod / location / organizer / priority /
                       dtstamp / seq / status / summary / transp /
                       uid / url / recurid /

                       ; either 'dtend' or 'duration' may appear in
                       ; a 'eventprop', but 'dtend' and 'duration'
                       ; MUST NOT occur in the same 'eventprop'

                       dtend / duration /

                       ; the following are optional,
                       ; and MAY occur more than once

                       attach / attendee / categories / comment /
                       contact / exdate / exrule / rstatus / related /
                       resources / rdate / rrule / x-prop

                       )

Example 1 - Creating a new all-day event:


 java.util.Calendar cal = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
 cal.set(java.util.Calendar.MONTH, java.util.Calendar.DECEMBER);
 cal.set(java.util.Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 25);

 VEvent christmas = new VEvent(cal.getTime(), "Christmas Day");

 // initialise as an all-day event..
 christmas.getProperties().getProperty(Property.DTSTART).getParameters().add(
         Value.DATE);

 // add timezone information..
 VTimeZone tz = VTimeZone.getDefault();
 TzId tzParam = new TzId(tz.getProperties().getProperty(Property.TZID)
         .getValue());
 christmas.getProperties().getProperty(Property.DTSTART).getParameters().add(
         tzParam);

Example 2 - Creating an event of one (1) hour duration:


 java.util.Calendar cal = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
 // tomorrow..
 cal.add(java.util.Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
 cal.set(java.util.Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 9);
 cal.set(java.util.Calendar.MINUTE, 30);

 VEvent meeting = new VEvent(cal.getTime(), 1000 * 60 * 60, "Progress Meeting");

 // add timezone information..
 VTimeZone tz = VTimeZone.getDefault();
 TzId tzParam = new TzId(tz.getProperties().getProperty(Property.TZID)
         .getValue());
 meeting.getProperties().getProperty(Property.DTSTART).getParameters().add(
         tzParam);

Example 3 - Retrieve a list of periods representing a recurring event in a specified range:


 Calendar weekday9AM = Calendar.getInstance();
 weekday9AM.set(2005, Calendar.MARCH, 7, 9, 0, 0);
 weekday9AM.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

 Calendar weekday5PM = Calendar.getInstance();
 weekday5PM.set(2005, Calendar.MARCH, 7, 17, 0, 0);
 weekday5PM.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

 // Do the recurrence until December 31st.
 Calendar untilCal = Calendar.getInstance();
 untilCal.set(2005, Calendar.DECEMBER, 31);
 untilCal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

 // 9:00AM to 5:00PM Rule
 Recur recur = new Recur(Recur.WEEKLY, untilCal.getTime());
 recur.getDayList().add(WeekDay.MO);
 recur.getDayList().add(WeekDay.TU);
 recur.getDayList().add(WeekDay.WE);
 recur.getDayList().add(WeekDay.TH);
 recur.getDayList().add(WeekDay.FR);
 recur.setInterval(3);
 recur.setWeekStartDay(WeekDay.MO.getDay());
 RRule rrule = new RRule(recur);

 Summary summary = new Summary("TEST EVENTS THAT HAPPEN 9-5 MON-FRI");

 weekdayNineToFiveEvents = new VEvent();
 weekdayNineToFiveEvents.getProperties().add(rrule);
 weekdayNineToFiveEvents.getProperties().add(summary);
 weekdayNineToFiveEvents.getProperties().add(new DtStart(weekday9AM.getTime()));
 weekdayNineToFiveEvents.getProperties().add(new DtEnd(weekday5PM.getTime()));

 // Test Start 04/01/2005, End One month later.
 // Query Calendar Start and End Dates.
 Calendar queryStartDate = Calendar.getInstance();
 queryStartDate.set(2005, Calendar.APRIL, 1, 14, 47, 0);
 queryStartDate.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
 Calendar queryEndDate = Calendar.getInstance();
 queryEndDate.set(2005, Calendar.MAY, 1, 11, 15, 0);
 queryEndDate.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

 // This range is monday to friday every three weeks, starting from
 // March 7th 2005, which means for our query dates we need
 // April 18th through to the 22nd.
 PeriodList periods = weekdayNineToFiveEvents.getPeriods(queryStartDate
         .getTime(), queryEndDate.getTime());

See Also:: Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class VEvent.Factory

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.CalendarComponent
  EMPTY_VALIDATOR
- Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Component
  AVAILABLE, BEGIN, components, END, EXPERIMENTAL_PREFIX, PARTICIPANT, VALARM, VAVAILABILITY, VEVENT, VFREEBUSY, VJOURNAL, VLOCATION, VRESOURCE, VTIMEZONE, VTODO, VVENUE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`VEvent()`	Default constructor.
`VEvent(boolean initialise)`
`VEvent(Date start, String summary)`	Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting at the specified time with the specified summary.
`VEvent(Date start, TemporalAmount duration, String summary)`	Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting at the specified times, for the specified duration, with the specified summary.
`VEvent(Date start, Date end, String summary)`	Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting and ending at the specified times with the specified summary.
`VEvent(PropertyList properties)`	Constructor.
`VEvent(PropertyList properties, ComponentList<VAlarm> alarms)`	Constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object arg0)`
`ComponentList<VAlarm>`	`getAlarms()`	Returns the list of alarms for this event.
`Clazz`	`getClassification()`
`ComponentList<Component>`	`getComponents()`
`PeriodList`	`getConsumedTime(Date rangeStart, Date rangeEnd)`	Returns a normalised list of periods representing the consumed time for this event.
`PeriodList`	`getConsumedTime(Date rangeStart, Date rangeEnd, boolean normalise)`	Returns a list of periods representing the consumed time for this event in the specified range.
`Created`	`getCreated()`
`DtStamp`	`getDateStamp()`
`Description`	`getDescription()`
`Duration`	`getDuration()`
`DtEnd`	`getEndDate()`	Returns the end date of this event.
`DtEnd`	`getEndDate(boolean deriveFromDuration)`	Convenience method to pull the DTEND out of the property list.
`Geo`	`getGeographicPos()`
`LastModified`	`getLastModified()`
`Location`	`getLocation()`
`VEvent`	`getOccurrence(Date date)`	Returns a single occurrence of a recurring event.
`Organizer`	`getOrganizer()`
`Priority`	`getPriority()`
`RecurrenceId`	`getRecurrenceId()`
`Sequence`	`getSequence()`
`DtStart`	`getStartDate()`	Convenience method to pull the DTSTART out of the property list.
`Status`	`getStatus()`
`Summary`	`getSummary()`
`Transp`	`getTransparency()`
`Uid`	`getUid()`	Returns the UID property of this component if available.
`Url`	`getUrl()`
`protected Validator`	`getValidator(Method method)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`void`	`validate(boolean recurse)`	Perform validation on a component.

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.CalendarComponent
validate, validateAdd, validateCancel, validateCounter, validateDeclineCounter, validatePublish, validateRefresh, validateReply, validateRequest

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Component
calculateRecurrenceSet, copy, getName, getProperties, getRequiredProperty, toString, validate, validateProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.fortuna.ical4j.model.ComponentContainer
getComponent, getComponents

Methods inherited from interface net.fortuna.ical4j.model.PropertyContainer
getProperties, getProperty

- Constructor Detail
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent()
```
    Default constructor.
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(boolean initialise)
```
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(PropertyList properties)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    properties - a list of properties
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(PropertyList properties,
              ComponentList<VAlarm> alarms)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    properties - a list of properties
    
    alarms - a list of alarms
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(Date start,
              String summary)
```
    Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting at the specified time with the specified summary.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the start date of the new event
    
    summary - the event summary
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(Date start,
              Date end,
              String summary)
```
    Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting and ending at the specified times with the specified summary.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the start date of the new event
    
    end - the end date of the new event
    
    summary - the event summary
  - VEvent
```
public VEvent(Date start,
              TemporalAmount duration,
              String summary)
```
    Constructs a new VEVENT instance starting at the specified times, for the specified duration, with the specified summary.
    
    Parameters:
    
    start - the start date of the new event
    
    duration - the duration of the new event
    
    summary - the event summary
- Method Detail
  - getAlarms
```
public final ComponentList<VAlarm> getAlarms()
```
    Returns the list of alarms for this event.
    
    Returns:
    
    a component list
  - getComponents
```
public ComponentList<Component> getComponents()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getComponents in interface ComponentContainer<Component>
  - validate
```
public final void validate(boolean recurse)
                    throws ValidationException
```
    Perform validation on a component.
    
    Specified by:
    
    validate in class Component
    
    Parameters:
    
    recurse - indicates whether to validate the component's properties
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidationException - where the component is not in a valid state
  - getValidator
```
protected Validator getValidator(Method method)
```
    Specified by:
    
    getValidator in class CalendarComponent
    
    Parameters:
    
    method - a method to validate on
    
    Returns:
    
    a validator for the specified method or null if the method is not supported
  - getConsumedTime
```
public final PeriodList getConsumedTime(Date rangeStart,
                                        Date rangeEnd)
```
    Returns a normalised list of periods representing the consumed time for this event.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rangeStart - the start of a range
    
    rangeEnd - the end of a range
    
    Returns:
    
    a normalised list of periods representing consumed time for this event
    
    See Also:
    
    getConsumedTime(Date, Date, boolean)
  - getConsumedTime
```
public final PeriodList getConsumedTime(Date rangeStart,
                                        Date rangeEnd,
                                        boolean normalise)
```
    Returns a list of periods representing the consumed time for this event in the specified range. Note that the returned list may contain a single period for non-recurring components or multiple periods for recurring components. If no time is consumed by this event an empty list is returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rangeStart - the start of the range to check for consumed time
    
    rangeEnd - the end of the range to check for consumed time
    
    normalise - indicate whether the returned list of periods should be normalised
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of periods representing consumed time for this event
  - getOccurrence
```
public final VEvent getOccurrence(Date date)
                           throws IOException,
                                  URISyntaxException,
                                  ParseException
```
    Returns a single occurrence of a recurring event.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - a date on which the occurence should occur
    
    Returns:
    
    a single non-recurring event instance for the specified date, or null if the event doesn't occur on the specified date
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - where an error occurs reading data
    
    URISyntaxException - where an invalid URI is encountered
    
    ParseException - where an error occurs parsing data
  - getClassification
```
public final Clazz getClassification()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional access classification property for an event
  - getCreated
```
public final Created getCreated()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional creation-time property for an event
  - getDescription
```
public final Description getDescription()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional description property for an event
  - getStartDate
```
public final DtStart getStartDate()
```
    Convenience method to pull the DTSTART out of the property list.
    
    Returns:
    
    The DtStart object representation of the start Date
  - getGeographicPos
```
public final Geo getGeographicPos()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional geographic position property for an event
  - getLastModified
```
public final LastModified getLastModified()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional last-modified property for an event
  - getLocation
```
public final Location getLocation()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional location property for an event
  - getOrganizer
```
public final Organizer getOrganizer()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional organizer property for an event
  - getPriority
```
public final Priority getPriority()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional priority property for an event
  - getDateStamp
```
public final DtStamp getDateStamp()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional date-stamp property
  - getSequence
```
public final Sequence getSequence()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional sequence number property for an event
  - getStatus
```
public final Status getStatus()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional status property for an event
  - getSummary
```
public final Summary getSummary()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional summary property for an event
  - getTransparency
```
public final Transp getTransparency()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional time transparency property for an event
  - getUrl
```
public final Url getUrl()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional URL property for an event
  - getRecurrenceId
```
public final RecurrenceId getRecurrenceId()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional recurrence identifier property for an event
  - getEndDate
```
public final DtEnd getEndDate()
```
    Returns the end date of this event. Where an end date is not available it will be derived from the event duration.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DtEnd instance, or null if one cannot be derived
  - getEndDate
```
public final DtEnd getEndDate(boolean deriveFromDuration)
```
    Convenience method to pull the DTEND out of the property list. If DTEND was not specified, use the DTSTART + DURATION to calculate it.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deriveFromDuration - specifies whether to derive an end date from the event duration where an end date is not found
    
    Returns:
    
    The end for this VEVENT.
  - getDuration
```
public final Duration getDuration()
```
    Returns:
    
    the optional Duration property
  - getUid
```
public final Uid getUid()
```
    Returns the UID property of this component if available.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Uid instance, or null if no UID property exists
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object arg0)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Component
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Component

Class VEvent

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.CalendarComponent

Fields inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Component

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.component.CalendarComponent

Methods inherited from class net.fortuna.ical4j.model.Component

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface net.fortuna.ical4j.model.ComponentContainer

Methods inherited from interface net.fortuna.ical4j.model.PropertyContainer

Constructor Detail

VEvent

VEvent

VEvent

VEvent

VEvent

VEvent

VEvent

Method Detail

getAlarms

getComponents

validate

getValidator

getConsumedTime

getConsumedTime

getOccurrence

getClassification

getCreated

getDescription

getStartDate

getGeographicPos

getLastModified

getLocation

getOrganizer

getPriority

getDateStamp

getSequence

getStatus

getSummary

getTransparency

getUrl

getRecurrenceId

getEndDate

getEndDate

getDuration

getUid

equals

hashCode