icalperiod.h File Reference

Functions for working with iCal periods (of time). More...

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Data Structures
struct	icalperiodtype
	Struct to represent a period in time. More...

Functions
const char *	icalperiodtype_as_ical_string (struct icalperiodtype p)
	Converts an icalperiodtype into an iCal-formatted string. More...
char *	icalperiodtype_as_ical_string_r (struct icalperiodtype p)
	Converts an icalperiodtype into an iCal-formatted string. More...
struct icalperiodtype	icalperiodtype_from_string (const char *str)
	Constructs a new icalperiodtype from str. More...
int	icalperiodtype_is_null_period (struct icalperiodtype p)
int	icalperiodtype_is_valid_period (struct icalperiodtype p)
struct icalperiodtype	icalperiodtype_null_period (void)

Detailed Description

Functions for working with iCal periods (of time).

Function Documentation

icalperiodtype_as_ical_string()

const char* icalperiodtype_as_ical_string

(

struct icalperiodtype

p

)

Converts an icalperiodtype into an iCal-formatted string.

Parameters

p	The time period to convert

Returns

A string representing the iCal-formatted period

See also

icalperiodtype_as_ical_string_r()

Error handling

Sets icalerrno to ICAL_ALLOCATION_ERROR if there was an internal error allocating memory.

Ownership

The string returned by this method is owned by libical and must not be free() by the caller.

Example

// create icalperiodtype
const char *period_string = "20170606T090000/20170607T090000";
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_from_string(period_string);

// print period in iCal format
printf("%s\n", icalperiodtype_as_ical_string(period));

icalperiodtype_as_ical_string_r()

char* icalperiodtype_as_ical_string_r

(

struct icalperiodtype

p

)

Converts an icalperiodtype into an iCal-formatted string.

Parameters

p	The time period to convert

Returns

A string representing the iCal-formatted period

See also

icalperiodtype_as_ical_string()

Error handling

Sets icalerrno to ICAL_ALLOCATION_ERROR if there was an internal error allocating memory.

Ownership

The string returned by this method is owned by the caller and must be released with the appropriate function after use.

Example

// create icalperiodtype
const char *period_string = "20170606T090000/20170607T090000";
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_from_string(period_string);

// print period in iCal format
const char *period_string_gen = icalperiodtype_as_ical_string_r(period);
printf("%s\n", period_string_gen);
icalmemory_free_buffer(period_string_gen);

icalperiodtype_from_string()

struct icalperiodtype icalperiodtype_from_string

(

const char *

str

)

Constructs a new icalperiodtype from str.

Parameters

str	The string from which to construct a time period

Returns

An icalperiodtype representing the peroid str

See also

icaltime_from_string(), icaldurationtype_from_string()

Error handling

If str is not properly formatted, it sets icalerrno to ICAL_MALFORMEDDATA_ERROR and returns icalperiodtype_null_period().

Data format

There are two ways to specify a duration; either a start time and an end time can be specified, or a start time and a duration. The format for there is as such:

• <STARTTIME>/<ENDTIME>
• <STARTTIME>/<DURATION>

The format for the times is the same as those used by icaltime_from_string(), and the format for the duration is the same as that used by icaldurationtype_from_string().

Usage

// create icalperiodtype
const char *period_string = "20170606T090000/20170607T090000";
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_from_string(period_string);

// print period in iCal format
printf("%s\n", icalperiodtype_as_ical_string(period));

icalperiodtype_is_null_period()

int icalperiodtype_is_null_period

(

struct icalperiodtype

p

)

Checks if a given icalperiodtype is a null period.

Returns

1 if p is a null period, 0 otherwise

See also

icalperiodtype_null_period()

Usage

// creates null period
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_null_period();

// checks if it's a null period
assert(icalperiodtype_is_null_period(period));

icalperiodtype_is_valid_period()

int icalperiodtype_is_valid_period

(

struct icalperiodtype

p

)

Checks if a given icalperiodtype is a valid period.

Returns

1 if p is a valid period, 0 otherwise

Usage

// creates null period
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_null_period();

// a null period isn't a valid period
assert(icalperiodtype_is_valid_period(period) == 0);

icalperiodtype_null_period()

struct icalperiodtype icalperiodtype_null_period

(

void

)

Creates a null period icalperiodtype.

Returns

An icalperiodtype representing a null period

See also

icalperiodtype_is_null_period()

Usage

// creates null period
struct icalperiodtype period = icalperiodtype_null_period();

// verifies start, end and length
assert(icaltime_is_null_time(period.start));
assert(icaltime_is_null_time(period.end));
assert(icaldurationtype_is_null_duratino(period.duration));