Question c# Develop a ScheduleBody Library (To Make it standard)

[ale pax]

Hi to All
I need to Manage Schedule Expressions

I Analized the problem and decide to develop a Library
to Manage a ScheduleBody
maybe it is too complicated
### need Help to simplify ###

problem1: WorkTime
Description of problem:
My Work Time is [From Mon to Fri] NationalHoliDay:Excluded PersonalHoliDay:Excluded
from 08:13 to 13:00 From 14:00 to 18:00 PersonalHolyHour Excluded


problem2: Course
Description of problem:
My Course
is Every [Mon] NationalHoliDay:Excluded SummerPause:Excluded StartAt="2024-02-24" EndAt="2024-12-24"
from 18:00 to 20:00

problem3: Historicizing
Description of Problem:
My procedure of Historicize Data run
Every day from 22:00 to 03:00

problem4: DailyMeeting
Description of Problem:
My DailyMeeting
is Every WorkDay $PlanningDay:Excluded $ReviewDay:Excluded
From 09:45 to 10:00


Solution
Foresee a SchedulerBody

SchedulerBody for Problem1:

SchedulePhrase $WorkTime
_DaysOfWeek:Included=[Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri]
_Time:Included=[_Start=08:00 _End=13:00, _Start=14:00 _End=17:00]
$IsHoliday:Excluded
@PersonalPauseTime:Excluded

SchedulePhrase $IsHolyday
_Date=[yyyy-01-01, yyyy-01-06, ..., @IsEasterMonday, $IsCountrySaintDay, @IsPersonalHoliday]

SchedulePhrase $IsCountrySaintDay
if(@Sede='Roma'){_Date=yyyy-06-29}if(@Sede='Milano'){_Date=yyyy-12-09}


SchedulerBody for Problem2:
SchedulePhrase $Course
_Date:Included=[_Start=2024-02-24 _End=2024-06-25, _Start=2024-09-01 _End=2024-12-24]
_DaysOfWeek:Included=[Lun]
_Time:Included=[_Start=18:00 _End=20:00]
$IsHolyday:Excluded

SchedulePhrase $IsHolyday
_Date=[yyyy-01-01, yyyy-01-06, ...,@IsEasterMonday]



SchedulerBody for Problem3:
SchedulePhrase $Historicizing
_Time=[_Start=22:00 _Duration=05:00:00]

SchedulerBody for Problem4:
SchedulePhrase $DailyMeeting
_DaysOfWeek:Included=[Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri]
$IsHolyday:Excluded
$PlanningDay:Excluded

SchedulePhrase $IsHolyday
_Date=[yyyy-01-01, yyyy-01-06, ..., @IsEasterMonday]

SchedulePhrase $PlanningDay
_Date=[2024-04-02, ...]

 

[Skydiver]

Moving to C# general since this isn't specific to Visual Studio...

 

[Skydiver]

So it looks like you've done your initial analysis. The next step is do another round of analysis to find what is common and what is different. There's a lot of software design books that cover this process. I'm kind of old-school and would point you to CRC cards, but there are other methodologies.

Another thing to consider instead of a data driven approach, or a purely algorithmic approach is a hybrid approach. Use bit patterns to represent active days/hours. As I recall, this is how Windows Active Directory represents what hours and days that a user is allowed to log on to the system.

 

[ale pax]

Solution
Foresee a SchedulerBody

Parameters:
List<Date> DayExcluded  ---> Holidays, PlanningDay
List<DateTimeElaps> TimeElapsExclueded  ---> Start="yyyy-MM-ddT08:00:00" Duration="32:20:00"  (32 hours)


SchedulerBody for Problem1:

SchedulePhrase $WorkTime
    _DaysOfWeek=[Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri]
    _TimeElaps=[_Start=yyyy-MM-ddT08:00:00 _Duration=05:00:00, _Start=yyyy-MM-ddT14:00:00 _Duration=03:00:00]



SchedulerBody for Problem2:
SchedulePhrase $Course
    _DateElaps=[_Start=2024-02-24 _End=2024-06-25, _Start=2024-09-01 _End=2024-12-24]
    _DaysOfWeek=[Lun]
    _TimeElaps=[_Start=yyyy-MM-ddT18:00:00 _Duration=02:00:00]


SchedulerBody for Problem3:
SchedulePhrase $Historicizing
    _TimeElaps=[_Start=22:00 _Duration=05:00:00]

SchedulerBody for Problem4:
SchedulePhrase $DailyMeeting
    _DaysOfWeek=[Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri]
    _TimeElaps=[_Start=09:45 _Duration=00:15:00]

 

[Skydiver]

You might also want to take some inspiration from this existing library:

Working with recurring elements

ical.NET - an open source iCal library for .NET. Contribute to rianjs/ical.net development by creating an account on GitHub.

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