createEntry (NotesCalendar - Java)

Creates a calendar entry.

Defined in

Syntax

NotesCalendarEntry NotesCalendar.createEntry(String icalentry)
	throws NotesException
NotesCalendarEntry NotesCalendar.createEntry(String icalentry, int flags)
	throws NotesException


Parameter	Description
`icalentry`	Input for one calendar entry in `iCalendar` format.
`flags`	Write flag. `NotesCalendar.CS_WRITE_DISABLE_IMPLICIT_SCHEDULING (2)` disables the automatic sending of notices to participants. Setting this flag is the same as setting AutoSendNotices to false before calling this method.


Return value	Description
`NotesCalendarEntry`	The calendar entry.


Possible exception	Value	Text	Description
`NotesError.NOTES_ERR_ERRSENDINGNOTICES`	4809	Error sending notices	A problem occurred sending out notices for a meeting. You may want to update the meeting again.
`NotesError.NOTES_ERR_ENTRYEXISTS`	4815	Entry already exists	The entry exists in the calendar.

Usage

An exception occurs if the input is invalid. See

Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification
(iCalendar)

at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545 for the format, or use the output from a read operation as a template. The examples show basic formatting for an appointment and a meeting.

If problems persist, try running with the following notes.ini variable: CSDebugAPI=1. When the exception occurs, check the console log for details.

For a meeting, if AutoSendNoticesis not set to false and NotesCalendar.CS_WRITE_DISABLE_IMPLICIT_SCHEDULING is not set, notices are automatically sent to participants.

If icalentry contains a recurrence rule (RRULE item), this method creates a calendar event for each recurrence with its own identifier (RECURRENCE-ID item). The format of a recurrence identifier is the time of the event in UTC format, for example, 20120913T160000Z. However, if you later change the time of the event, the identifier does not change.

Examples

This agent creates a meeting calendar entry for today and tomorrow at 1600 UTC, with no notices being sent, and posts its UID to an environment variable.

import lotus.domino.*;

public class JavaAgent extends AgentBase {

    public void NotesMain() {

      try {
          Session session = getSession();
          AgentContext agentContext = session.getAgentContext();

          // (Your code goes here)
          DbDirectory dbdir = session.getDbDirectory("");
          Database maildb = dbdir.openMailDatabase();
          NotesCalendar cal = session.getCalendar(maildb);
          java.text.SimpleDateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
          String today = formatter.format(new java.util.Date());
          String icale = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\n" +
          "BEGIN:VEVENT\n" +
          "DTSTART:" + today + "T160000Z\n" +
          "DTEND:" + today + "T170000Z\n" +
          "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=2\n" +
          "ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;CN=\"Roberta Person/Westford/IBM\";\n" +
          " RSVP=FALSE:mailto:roberta_person@us.ibm.com\n" +
          "ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT\n" +
          " ;CN=\"Doc Test/Bedford/IBM\";RSVP=TRUE:mailto:doctest@us.ibm.com\n" +
          "SUMMARY:Sample Meeting\n" +
          "ORGANIZER;CN=\"Roberta Person/Westford/IBM\"\n" +
          " :mailto:roberta_person@us.ibm.com\n" +
          "END:VEVENT\n" +
          "END:VCALENDAR\n";
          NotesCalendarEntry calentry = cal.createEntry(icale, NotesCalendar.CS_WRITE_DISABLE_IMPLICIT_SCHEDULING);
          session.setEnvironmentVar("currentuid", calentry.getUID());
          session.setEnvironmentVar("currentrecurid", today + "T160000");

      } catch(Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
       }
   }
}