NAME

Data::ICal::Entry::FreeBusy - Represents blocks of free and busy time in an iCalendar file

SYNOPSIS

    my $vfreebusy = Data::ICal::Entry::FreeBusy->new();
    $vfreebusy->add_properties(
        organizer => 'MAILTO:jsmith@host.com',
	# Dat*e*::ICal is not a typo here
        freebusy   => Date::ICal->new( epoch => ... )->ical . '/' . Date::ICal->new( epoch => ... )->ical,
    );

    $calendar->add_entry($vfreebusy);

DESCRIPTION

A Data::ICal::Entry::FreeBusy object represents a request for information about free and busy time or a reponse to such a request, in an iCalendar file. (Note that the iCalendar RFC refers to entries as "components".) It is a subclass of Data::ICal::Entry and accepts all of its methods.

METHODS

ical_entry_type

Returns VFREEBUSY, its iCalendar entry name.

optional_unique_properties

According to the iCalendar standard, the following properties may be specified at most one time for a free/busy entry:

contact  dtstart  dtend  duration  dtstamp 
organizer  uid  url 

optional_repeatable_properties

According to the iCalendar standard, the following properties may be specified any number of times for free/busy entry:

attendee comment freebusy request-status

AUTHOR

Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> with David Glasser, Simon Wistow, and Alex Vandiver

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005 - 2009, Best Practical Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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