edave-gcal4ruby 0.6.0

data/lib/gcal4ruby/event.rb

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+# Author:: Mike Reich (mike@seabourneconsulting.com)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Reich
+# License:: GPL v2
+#--
+# Licensed under the General Public License (GPL), Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+# Feel free to use and update, but be sure to contribute your
+# code back to the project and attribute as required by the license.
+#++
+
+require 'gcal4ruby/recurrence'
+
+module GCal4Ruby
+  #The Event Class represents a remote event in calendar
+  #
+  #=Usage
+  #All usages assume a successfully authenticated Service and valid Calendar.
+  #1. Create a new Event
+  #    event = Event.new(service, {:calendar => cal, :title => "Soccer Game", :start => Time.parse("12-06-2009 at 12:30 PM"), :end => Time.parse("12-06-2009 at 1:30 PM"), :where => "Merry Playfields"})
+  #    event.save
+  #
+  #2. Find an existing Event by title
+  #    event = Event.find(service, {:title => "Soccer Game"})
+  #
+  #3. Find an existing Event by ID
+  #    event = Event.find(service, {:id => event.id})
+  #
+  #4. Find all events containing the search term
+  #    event = Event.find(service, "Soccer Game")
+  #
+  #5. Find all events on a calendar containing the search term
+  #    event = Event.find(service, "Soccer Game", {:calendar => cal.id})
+  #
+  #6. Find events within a date range
+  #    event = Event.find(service, "Soccer Game", {'start-min' => Time.parse("01/01/2010").utc.xmlschema, 'start-max' => Time.parse("06/01/2010").utc.xmlschema})
+  #
+  #7. Create a recurring event for every saturday
+  #    event = Event.new(service)
+  #    event.title = "Baseball Game"
+  #    event.calendar = cal
+  #    event.where = "Municipal Stadium"
+  #    event.recurrence = Recurrence.new
+  #    event.recurrence.start_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 4:30 PM")
+  #    event.recurrence.end_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 6:30 PM")
+  #    event.recurrence.frequency = {"weekly" => ["SA"]}
+  #    event.save 
+  #
+  #8. Create an event with a 15 minute email reminder
+  #    event = Event.new(service)
+  #    event.calendar = cal
+  #    event.title = "Dinner with Kate"
+  #    event.start_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 5 pm")
+  #    event.end_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 8 pm")
+  #    event.where = "Luigi's"
+  #    event.reminder = [{:minutes => 15, :method => 'email'}]
+  #    event.save
+  #
+  #9. Create an event with attendees
+  #    event = Event.new(service)
+  #    event.calendar = cal
+  #    event.title = "Dinner with Kate"
+  #    event.start_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 5 pm")
+  #    event.end_time = Time.parse("06/20/2009 at 8 pm")
+  #    event.attendees => {:name => "Kate", :email => "kate@gmail.com"}
+  #    event.save
+  #
+  #After an event object has been created or loaded, you can change any of the 
+  #attributes like you would any other object.  Be sure to save the event to write changes
+  #to the Google Calendar service.
+  
+  class Event < GData4Ruby::GDataObject
+    EVENT_QUERY_FEED = "http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/default/private/full/"
+    EVENT_XML = "<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
+    xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'>
+  <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
+    term='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event'></category>
+  <title type='text'></title>
+  <content type='text'></content>
+  <gd:transparency
+    value='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.opaque'>
+  </gd:transparency>
+  <gd:eventStatus
+    value='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.confirmed'>
+  </gd:eventStatus>
+  <gd:where valueString=''></gd:where>
+  <gd:when startTime=''
+    endTime=''></gd:when>
+</entry>"
+    STATUS = {:confirmed => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.confirmed",
+              :tentative => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.tentative",
+              :cancelled => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.canceled"}
+              
+    TRANSPARENCY = {:free => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.transparent",
+                    :busy => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.opaque"}
+    
+    #The content for the event
+    attr_accessor :content
+    #The location of the event
+    attr_accessor :where
+    #A flag for whether the event show as :free or :busy
+    attr_accessor :transparency
+    #A flag indicating the status of the event.  Values can be :confirmed, :tentative or :cancelled
+    attr_accessor :status
+    #Flag indicating whether it is an all day event
+    attr_reader :all_day    
+    #An array of reminders. Each item in the array is a hash representing the event reminder.
+    attr_reader :reminder
+    #The date the event was last edited
+    attr_reader :edited
+    #Id of the parent calendar
+    attr_reader :calendar_id
+    
+    #Creates a new Event.  Accepts a valid Service object and optional attributes hash.
+    def initialize(service, attributes = {})
+      super(service, attributes)
+      @xml = EVENT_XML
+      @transparency ||= :busy
+      @status ||= :confirmed
+      @attendees ||= []
+      @all_day ||= false
+      @reminder = []
+      attributes.each do |key, value|
+        self.send("#{key}=", value)
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the reminder options for the event.  Parameter must be an array of hashes containing a :minutes key with a value of 5 up to 40320 (4 weeks)
+    #and a :method key of with a value of one the following:
+    #alert:: causes an alert to appear when a user is viewing the calendar in a browser
+    #email:: sends the user an email message
+    def reminder=(r)
+      @reminder = r
+    end
+    
+    #Returns the current event's Recurrence information
+    def recurrence
+      @recurrence
+    end
+    
+    #Returns an array of the current attendees
+    def attendees
+      @attendees
+    end
+    
+    def all_day=(value)
+      puts 'all_day value = '+value.to_s if service.debug
+      if value.is_a? String 
+        @all_day = true if value.downcase == 'true'
+        @all_day = false if value.downcase == 'false'
+      else
+        @all_day = value
+      end
+      puts 'after all_day value = '+@all_day.to_s if service.debug
+      @all_day
+    end
+    
+    #Accepts an array of email address/name pairs for attendees.  
+    #  [{:name => 'Mike Reich', :email => 'mike@seabourneconsulting.com'}]
+    #The email address is requried, but the name is optional
+    def attendees=(a)
+      raise ArgumentError, "Attendees must be an Array of email/name hash pairs" if not a.is_a?(Array) 
+      @attendees = a
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the event's recurrence information to a Recurrence object.  Returns the recurrence if successful,
+    #false otherwise
+    def recurrence=(r)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Recurrence must be a Recurrence object' if not r.is_a?(Recurrence)
+      @recurrence = r
+    end
+    
+    #Returns a duplicate of the current event as a new Event object
+    def copy()
+      e = Event.new(service)
+      e.load(to_xml)
+      e.calendar = @calendar
+      return e
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the start time of the Event.  Must be a Time object or a parsable string representation
+    #of a time.
+    def start_time=(str)
+      raise ArgumentError, "Start Time must be either Time or String" if not str.is_a?String and not str.is_a?Time
+      @start_time = if str.is_a?String
+        Time.parse(str)      
+      elsif str.is_a?Time
+        str
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the end time of the Event.  Must be a Time object or a parsable string representation
+    #of a time.
+    def end_time=(str)
+      raise ArgumentError, "End Time must be either Time or String" if not str.is_a?String and not str.is_a?Time
+      @end_time = if str.is_a?String
+        Time.parse(str)      
+      elsif str.is_a?Time
+        str
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #The event start time.  If a recurring event, the recurrence start time.
+    def start_time
+      return @start_time ? @start_time : @recurrence ? @recurrence.start_time : nil
+    end
+    
+    #The event end time.  If a recurring event, the recurrence end time.
+    def end_time
+      return @end_time ? @end_time : @recurrence ? @recurrence.end_time : nil
+    end
+
+    
+    #If the event does not exist on the Google Calendar service, save creates it.  Otherwise
+    #updates the existing event data.  Returns true on success, false otherwise.
+    def save
+      raise CalendarNotEditable if not calendar.editable
+      super
+    end
+    
+    #Creates a new event
+    def create
+      service.send_request(GData4Ruby::Request.new(:post, @parent_calendar.content_uri, to_xml))
+    end
+    
+    #Returns an XML representation of the event.
+    def to_xml()
+      xml = REXML::Document.new(super)
+      xml.root.elements.each(){}.map do |ele|
+        case ele.name
+          when "content"
+            ele.text = @content
+          when "when"
+            if not @recurrence
+              puts 'all_day = '+@all_day.to_s if service.debug
+              if @all_day
+                puts 'saving as all-day event' if service.debug 
+              else
+                puts 'saving as timed event' if service.debug
+              end
+              ele.attributes["startTime"] = @all_day ? @start_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") : @start_time.utc.xmlschema
+              ele.attributes["endTime"] = @all_day ? @end_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") : @end_time.utc.xmlschema
+              set_reminder(ele)
+            else
+              xml.root.delete_element("/entry/gd:when")
+              ele = xml.root.add_element("gd:recurrence")
+              ele.text = @recurrence.to_recurrence_string
+              set_reminder(ele) if @reminder
+            end
+          when "eventStatus"
+            ele.attributes["value"] = STATUS[@status]
+          when "transparency"
+            ele.attributes["value"] = TRANSPARENCY[@transparency]
+          when "where"
+            ele.attributes["valueString"] = @where
+          when "recurrence"
+            puts 'recurrence element found' if service.debug
+            if @recurrence
+              puts 'setting recurrence' if service.debug
+              ele.text = @recurrence.to_recurrence_string
+            else
+              puts 'no recurrence, adding when' if service.debug
+              w = xml.root.add_element("gd:when")
+              xml.root.delete_element("/entry/gd:recurrence")
+              w.attributes["startTime"] = @all_day ? @start_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") : @start_time.xmlschema
+              w.attributes["endTime"] = @all_day ? @end_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") : @end_time.xmlschema
+              set_reminder(w)
+            end
+        end
+      end        
+      if not @attendees.empty?
+        xml.root.elements.delete_all "gd:who"
+        @attendees.each do |a|
+          xml.root.add_element("gd:who", {"email" => a[:email], "valueString" => a[:name], "rel" => "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.attendee"})
+        end
+      end
+      xml.to_s
+    end
+    
+    #The event's parent calendar
+    def calendar 
+      @parent_calendar = Calendar.find(service, {:id => @calendar_id}) if not @parent_calendar and @calendar_id
+      return @parent_calendar
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the event's calendar
+    def calendar=(p)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Value must be a valid Calendar object' if not p.is_a? Calendar
+      @parent_calendar = p
+    end
+    
+    #Loads the event info from an XML string.
+    def load(string)
+      super(string)
+      @xml = string
+      @exists = true
+      xml = REXML::Document.new(string)
+      @etag = xml.root.attributes['etag']
+      xml.root.elements.each(){}.map do |ele|
+        case ele.name
+          when 'id'
+            @calendar_id, @id = @feed_uri.gsub("http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/", "").split("/events/")
+            @id = "#{@calendar_id}/private/full/#{@id}"
+          when 'edited'
+            @edited = Time.parse(ele.text)
+          when 'content'
+            @content = ele.text
+          when "when"
+            @start_time = Time.parse(ele.attributes['startTime'])
+            @end_time = Time.parse(ele.attributes['endTime'])
+            @all_day = !ele.attributes['startTime'].include?('T')
+            @reminder = []
+            ele.elements.each("gd:reminder") do |r|
+              rem = {}
+              rem[:minutes] = r.attributes['minutes'] if r.attributes['minutes']
+              rem[:method] = r.attributes['method'] if r.attributes['method']
+              @reminder << rem
+            end
+          when "where"
+            @where = ele.attributes['valueString']
+          when "link"
+            if ele.attributes['rel'] == 'edit'
+              @edit_feed = ele.attributes['href']
+            end
+          when "who"        
+            @attendees << {:email => ele.attributes['email'], :name => ele.attributes['valueString'], :role => ele.attributes['rel'].gsub("http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.", ""), :status => ele.elements["gd:attendeeStatus"] ? ele.elements["gd:attendeeStatus"].attributes['value'].gsub("http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.", "") : ""}
+          when "eventStatus"
+            @status =  ele.attributes["value"].gsub("http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.", "").to_sym 
+          when 'recurrence'
+            @recurrence = Recurrence.new(ele.text)
+          when "transparency"
+             @transparency = case ele.attributes["value"]
+                when "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.transparent" then :free
+                when "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event.opaque" then :busy
+             end
+        end      
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Reloads the event data from the Google Calendar Service.  Returns true if successful,
+    #false otherwise.
+    def reload
+      return false if not @exists
+      t = Event.find(service, {:id => @id})
+      if t and load(t.to_xml)
+         return true
+      end
+      return false
+    end
+    
+    #Finds an Event based on a text query or by an id.  Parameters are:
+    #*service*::  A valid Service object to search.
+    #*query*:: either a string containing a text query to search by, or a hash containing an +id+ key with an associated id to find, or a +query+ key containint a text query to search for, or a +title+ key containing a title to search.  All searches are case insensitive.
+    #*args*:: a hash containing optional additional query paramters to use.  Limit a search to a single calendar by passing a calendar object as {:calender => calendar} or the calendar id as {:calendar => calendar.id}.  See here[http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/data/2.0/developers_guide_protocol.html#RetrievingEvents] and here[http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/docs/2.0/reference.html#Queries] for a full list of possible values.  Example: 
+    # {'max-results' => '100'}
+    #If an ID is specified, a single instance of the event is returned if found, otherwise false.
+    #If a query term or title text is specified, and array of matching results is returned, or an empty array if nothing
+    #was found.
+    def self.find(service, query, args = {})
+      raise ArgumentError, 'query must be a hash or string' if not query.is_a? Hash and not query.is_a? String
+      if query.is_a? Hash and query[:id]
+        id = query[:id]
+        puts "id passed, finding event by id" if service.debug
+        puts "id = "+id if service.debug
+        d = service.send_request(GData4Ruby::Request.new(:get, "http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/"+id, {"If-Not-Match" => "*"}))
+        puts d.inspect if service.debug
+        if d
+          return get_instance(service, d)
+        end
+      else
+        results = []
+        if query.is_a?(Hash)
+          args["q"] = query[:query] if query[:query]
+          args['title'] = query[:title] if query[:title]
+        else
+          args["q"] = CGI::escape(query) if query != ''
+        end
+        if args[:calendar]
+          cal = args[:calendar].is_a?(Calendar) ? args[:calendar] : Calendar.find(service, {:id => args[:calendar]})
+          args.delete(:calendar)
+          ret = service.send_request(GData4Ruby::Request.new(:get, cal.content_uri, nil, nil, args))
+          xml = REXML::Document.new(ret.body).root
+          xml.elements.each("entry") do |e|
+            results << get_instance(service, e)
+          end
+        else
+          service.calendars.each do |cal|
+            ret = service.send_request(GData4Ruby::Request.new(:get, cal.content_uri, nil, nil, args))
+            xml = REXML::Document.new(ret.body).root
+            xml.elements.each("entry") do |e|
+              results << get_instance(service, e)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        return results
+      end
+      return false
+    end
+    
+    #Returns true if the event exists on the Google Calendar Service.
+    def exists?
+      return @exists
+    end
+  
+    private     
+    def set_reminder(ele)
+      num = ele.elements.delete_all "gd:reminder"
+      puts 'num = '+num.size.to_s if service.debug
+      if @reminder
+        @reminder.each do |reminder|
+          puts 'reminder added' if service.debug
+          e = ele.add_element("gd:reminder")
+          e.attributes['minutes'] = reminder[:minutes].to_s if reminder[:minutes]
+          if reminder[:method] 
+            e.attributes['method'] = reminder[:method]
+          else
+            e.attributes['method'] = 'email'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.get_instance(service, d)
+      if d.is_a? Net::HTTPOK
+        xml = REXML::Document.new(d.read_body).root
+        if xml.name == 'feed'
+          xml = xml.elements.each("entry"){}[0]
+        end
+      else
+        xml = d
+      end
+      ele = GData4Ruby::Utils::add_namespaces(xml)
+      e = Event.new(service)
+      e.load(ele.to_s)
+      e
+    end
+  end
+end
+

data/lib/gcal4ruby/recurrence.rb

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+# Author:: Mike Reich (mike@seabourneconsulting.com)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Reich
+# License:: GPL v2
+#--
+# Licensed under the General Public License (GPL), Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+# Feel free to use and update, but be sure to contribute your
+# code back to the project and attribute as required by the license.
+#++
+
+class Time
+  
+  #Returns a ISO 8601 complete formatted string of the time
+  def complete
+    self.utc.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
+  end
+  
+  def self.parse_complete(value)
+    unless value.nil? || value.empty?
+      if value.include?("T")
+        d, h = value.split("T")
+        return Time.parse(d+" "+h.gsub("Z", ""))
+      else
+        value = value.to_s
+        return Time.parse("#{value[0..3]}-#{value[4..5]}-#{value[6..7]}")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+
+module GCal4Ruby
+  #The Recurrence class stores information on an Event's recurrence.  The class implements
+  #the RFC 2445 iCalendar recurrence description.
+  class Recurrence
+    #The event start date/time
+    attr_reader :start_time
+    #The event end date/time
+    attr_reader :end_time
+    #the event reference
+    attr_reader :event
+    #The date until which the event will be repeated
+    attr_reader :repeat_until
+    #The event frequency
+    attr_reader :frequency
+    #True if the event is all day (i.e. no start/end time)
+    attr_accessor :all_day
+    
+    #Accepts an optional attributes hash or a string containing a properly formatted ISO 8601 recurrence rule.  Returns a new Recurrence object
+    def initialize(vars = {})
+      if vars.is_a? Hash
+        vars.each do |key, value|
+          self.send("#{key}=", value)
+        end
+      elsif vars.is_a? String
+        self.load(vars)
+      end
+      @all_day ||= false
+    end
+    
+    #Accepts a string containing a properly formatted ISO 8601 recurrence rule and loads it into the recurrence object.  
+    #Contributed by John Paul Narowski.
+    def load(rec)
+      @frequency = {}
+      attrs = rec.split("\n")
+      attrs.each do |val|
+        break if val == "BEGIN:VTIMEZONE" # Ignoring the time zone for now
+        key, value = val.split(":")
+        if key == 'RRULE'
+          args = {}
+          value.split(";").each do |rr| 
+            rr_key, rr_value = rr.split("=")
+            rr_key = rr_key.downcase.to_sym
+            unless @frequency.has_key?(rr_key)
+              if rr_key == :until
+                @repeat_until = Time.parse_complete(rr_value)
+              else
+                args[rr_key] = rr_value 
+              end
+            end
+          end
+          case args[:freq]
+          when 'DAILY'
+            @frequency['daily'] = true
+          when 'WEEKLY'
+            @frequency['weekly'] = args[:byday].split(',')
+          when 'MONTHLY'
+            if args[:byday]
+              @frequency['monthly'] = args[:byday]
+              @frequency[:day_of_week] = true
+            else
+              @frequency['monthly'] = args[:bymonthday].to_i
+            end
+          when 'YEARLY'
+            @frequency['yearly'] = args[:byyearday].to_i
+          end
+        elsif key == 'INTERVAL'
+          @frequency[:interval] = value.to_i unless value.nil? || value.empty?
+        elsif key.include?('DTSTART;VALUE=DATE')
+          @start_time ||= Time.parse(value)
+          @all_day = true
+        elsif key.include?("DTSTART;TZID") or key.include?("DTSTART") or key.include?('DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME')
+          @start_time ||= Time.parse_complete(value)
+        elsif key.include?('DTEND;VALUE=DATE')
+          @end_time ||= Time.parse(value)
+        elsif key.include?("DTEND;TZID") or key.include?("DTEND") or key.include?('DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME')
+          @end_time ||= Time.parse_complete(value)
+        end
+      end
+      @frequency[:interval] = 1 unless @frequency[:interval] && @frequency[:interval].to_i > 0
+    end
+            
+    def to_s
+      output = ''
+      if @frequency
+        f = ''
+        i = ''
+        by = ''
+        @frequency.each do |key, v|
+          key = key.to_s.downcase
+          
+          if v.is_a?(Array) 
+            if v.size > 0
+              value = v.join(",") 
+            else
+              value = nil
+            end
+          else
+            value = v
+          end
+          f += "#{key}" if key != 'interval'
+          case key
+            when "secondly"
+            by += " every #{value} second"
+            when "minutely"
+            by += " every #{value} minute"
+            when "hourly"
+            by += " every #{value} hour"
+            when "weekly"
+            by += " on #{value}" if value
+            when "monthly"
+            by += " on #{value}"
+            when "yearly"
+            by += " on the #{value} day of the year"
+            when 'interval'
+            i += " for #{value} times"
+          end
+        end
+        output += f+i+by
+      end      
+      if @repeat_until
+        output += " and repeats until #{@repeat_until.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")}"
+      end
+      output
+    end
+    
+    #Returns a string with the correctly formatted ISO 8601 recurrence rule
+    def to_recurrence_string
+      output = ''
+      if @all_day
+        output += "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:#{@start_time.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d")}\n"
+      else
+        output += "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:#{@start_time.utc.complete}\n"
+      end
+      if @all_day
+        output += "DTEND;VALUE=DATE:#{@end_time.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d")}\n"
+      else
+        output += "DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:#{@end_time.utc.complete}\n"
+      end
+      output += "RRULE:"
+      if @frequency
+        f = 'FREQ='
+        i = ''
+        by = ''
+        day_of_week = @frequency.delete(:day_of_week)
+        @frequency.each do |key, v|
+          if v.is_a?(Array) 
+            if v.size > 0
+              value = v.join(",") 
+            else
+              value = nil
+            end
+          else
+            value = v
+          end
+          f += "#{key.to_s.upcase};" if key.to_s.downcase != 'interval'
+          case key.to_s.downcase
+            when "secondly"
+            by += "BYSECOND=#{value};"
+            when "minutely"
+            by += "BYMINUTE=#{value};"
+            when "hourly"
+            by += "BYHOUR=#{value};"
+            when "weekly"
+            by += "BYDAY=#{value};" if value
+            when "monthly"
+              if day_of_week
+                by += "BYDAY=#{value};"
+              else
+                by += "BYMONTHDAY=#{value};"
+              end
+            when "yearly"
+            by += "BYYEARDAY=#{value};"
+            when 'interval'
+            i += "INTERVAL=#{value};"
+          end
+        end
+        output += f+by+i
+      end      
+      if @repeat_until
+        output += "UNTIL=#{@repeat_until.strftime("%Y%m%d")}"
+      end
+      output += "\n"
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the start date/time.  Must be a Time object.
+    def start_time=(s)
+      if not s.is_a?(Time)
+        raise RecurrenceValueError, "Start must be a date or a time"
+      else
+        @start_time = s
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the end Date/Time. Must be a Time object.
+    def end_time=(e)
+      if not e.is_a?(Time)
+        raise RecurrenceValueError, "End must be a date or a time"
+      else
+        @end_time = e
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the parent event reference
+    def event=(e)
+      if not e.is_a?(Event)
+        raise RecurrenceValueError, "Event must be an event"
+      else
+        @event = e
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the end date for the recurrence
+    def repeat_until=(r)
+      if not  r.is_a?(Date)
+        raise RecurrenceValueError, "Repeat_until must be a date"
+      else
+        @repeat_until = r
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #Sets the frequency of the recurrence.  Should be a hash with one of 
+    #"SECONDLY", "MINUTELY", "HOURLY", "DAILY", "WEEKLY", "MONTHLY", "YEARLY" as the key,
+    #and as the value, an array containing zero to n of the following:
+    #- *Secondly*: A value between 0 and 59.  Causes the event to repeat on that second of each minut.
+    #- *Minutely*: A value between 0 and 59.  Causes the event to repeat on that minute of every hour.
+    #- *Hourly*: A value between 0 and 23.  Causes the even to repeat on that hour of every day.
+    #- *Daily*: A true value - will cause the event to repeat every day until the repeat_until date.
+    #- *Weekly*: A value of the first two letters of a day of the week.  Causes the event to repeat on that day.
+    #- *Monthly*: A value of a positive or negative integer (i.e. +1) prepended to a day-of-week string ('TU') to indicate the position of the day within the month.  E.g. +1TU would be the first tuesday of the month.
+    #- *Yearly*: A value of 1 to 366 indicating the day of the year.  May be negative to indicate counting down from the last day of the year.
+    #
+    #Optionally, you may specific a second hash pair to set the interval the event repeats:
+    #   "interval" => '2'
+    #If the interval is missing, it is assumed to be 1.
+    #
+    #===Examples
+    #Repeat event daily
+    #   frequency = {"daily" => true}
+    #
+    #Repeat event every Tuesday:
+    #   frequency = {"weekly" => ["TU"]}
+    #
+    #Repeat every first monday of the month
+    #   frequency = {"monthly" => "+1MO", :day_of_week => true}
+    #
+    #Repeat on the 9th of each month regardless of the day
+    #   frequency = {"monthly" => 9}
+    #
+    #Repeat on the last day of every year
+    #   frequency = {"Yearly" => 366}
+    #
+    #Repeat every other week on Friday
+    #   frequency = {"Weekly" => ["FR"], "interval" => "2"}
+    
+    def frequency=(f)
+      if f.is_a?(Hash)
+        @frequency = f
+      else
+        raise RecurrenceValueError, "Frequency must be a hash (see documentation)"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end