The document outlines new features and updates in IBM Domino, specifically focusing on the calendar and scheduling APIs introduced in versions 9.0 and 9.0.1. It details enhancements such as implicit scheduling, REST calendar services, and the integration of iCalendar data formats for better user experience. Additionally, it highlights changes to view navigation and methods for resource searching and management.

1. AD204: What's New in the
IBM Domino Objects:
By Example
James Cooper, IBM
Nathan Barry, IBM
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3. Agenda
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Introduction
Calendaring & Scheduling Discussion & Examples
Advanced View Navigation Discussion & Examples
Q&A
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4. Calendar and Scheduling APIs
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Introduced in Notes and Domino 9.0
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Create, read, or modify calendar data
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Uses the iCalendar data format
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Encapsulates the complex Domino calendar schema
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Implicit scheduling takes care of sending out notifications
Perform common calendar workflow actions on calendar entries or notices
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Accept, decline, cancel, etc
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Extended in 9.0.1
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Added switches and methods based on demand – will cover changes within
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REST calendar service added to Domino out of the box

5. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: Multi-layered
IBM API Offering
iCal>JSON
Design
Partners
Open Source
JavaScript web apps (JSON)
Rest Services
Web apps using iCalendar
JavaScript
Java Classes
LotusScript Classes
C SDK
Core N/D Logic
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OpenNTF projects
Notes/Domino Java plugins
iCalendar parsers (iCal4J,
libical, etc)
XPages apps
Traditional Domino apps

6. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: What is iCalendar?
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iCalendar is text-based calendar information that follows the industry-accepted
iCalendar data format, defined in RFC 5545.
Easily created or interpreted using open source (ie. iCal4J)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Nate//MySampleApp//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20140308T140000Z
DTEND:20140308T150000Z
UID:MyUniqueEventIdentifier_0123456_NatesApp
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SUMMARY:My first event!
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
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7. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: Backend classes
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NotesCalendar
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A representation of a single user's personal calendar
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NotesCalendarEntry
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A representation of a single entry on a user's calendar
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NotesCalendarNotice
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A representation of a calendar workflow notice that would arrive from another user
(usually in the inbox)
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8. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: NotesCalendar class
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Read view level data as iCalendar
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Get lists of entries or notices that meet criteria
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Get a specific entry or notice
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Create an entry
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Implicit scheduling capabilities
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New: Create with HTML description
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New: Consistent UID->Apptunid mapping
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Utility methods
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New: String getApptunidFromUID( String UID)
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9. Create Meeting Demo
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10. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: NotesCalendarEntry class
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Read as iCalendar
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Update (with iCalendar)
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Implicit scheduling capabilities
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New: Update with HTML description
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New: Informational series updates to repeating meetings
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New: Series updates to repeating appointments
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New: “Smart Sequence” updates
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11. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: NotesCalendarEntry class
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Take action on a calendar entry or repeating instance/range (without iCalendar):
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Accept, decline, delete, cancel, delegate, counter, etc
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New: Add and/or remove invitees
Open as a document
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New: Ability to open the “parent” note
Get “unprocessed” notices
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Get any outstanding invitations, reschedules, updates, or cancels from organizer

12. Update meeting demo
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13. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: NotesCalendarNotice class
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Read a notice as iCalendar
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Take action on a calendar notice:
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Accept, decline, delete, cancel, delegate, counter, accept counter, etc
Get a notice as a Document
Get all unaccepted invitation(s) that correspond to this meeting
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14. Process notices demo
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15. NotesCalendar
String getApptunidFromUID( String UID)
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16. NotesCalendarEntry
String addInvitees( Vector requirednames,
Vector optionalNames,
Vector fyiNames,
String comments,
int flags,
int scope,
String recurID)
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17. NotesCalendarEntry
String removeInvitees( Vector names,
String comments,
int flags,
int scope,
String recurID)
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18. NotesCalendarEntry
String modifyInvitees( Vector requirednames,
Vector optionalnames,
Vector fyinames,
Vector removenames
String comments,
int flags,
int scope,
String recurID)
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19. New Constants
NotesCalendarEntry:
update()
CS_WRITE_SMARTSEQUENCE
CS_WRITE_GUARANTEE_NO_RESCHEDULE
CS_WRITE_PRESERVE_PERSONAL_DATA
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20. New Constants
NotesCalendarEntry:
getAsDocument()
CS_DOCUMENT_ALLOW_PARENT
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21. Related Methods
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22. Session
Vector Session.freeResourceSearch( DateTime start, DateTime end,
String site,
int type,int maxresult,
String user,
int mincapacity,
String apptUNID,
String server,
int outputversion)
Type constants:
CAL_RESOURCE_TYPE_ROOM
CAL_RESOURCE_TYPE_OTHER
Outputversion constants:
AVAILABLERESOURCESLOOKUP_VERSION_0
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23. Session
Session.freeResourceSearch
Output format for initial version:
AVAILABLERESOURCESLOOKUP_VERSION_0
Java:
Vector of strings, each entry is composite, separated by semicolon
ResourceName;Capacity;Email;
LS:
Array of strings, same format
ResourceName;Capacity;Email;
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24. AdministrationProcess
String delegateMailFile( String mailfileowner,
Vector publicreaders,
Vector publicwriters,
Vector otherreaders,
Vector otherwriters,
Vector othereditors,
Vector otherdeletors,
Vector removefromacl,
String mailfilename,
String mailserver)
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25. ViewNavigator
Enhancements
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26. Rapid View Navigation
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8.52
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8.53
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Cache with Guidance (By Method)
9.01
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Simple Cache
Cache with AutoExpand Guidance

27. AutoExpand Guidance
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Last piece of the Xpage Client display problem
Explicit high speed control over View entry expansion
Inputs:
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NoteIDs
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Expand list
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Collapse list

28. ViewNavigator
AutoExpand Guidance
Helper method:
View.setEnableNoteIDsForCategories(boolean enable)
Normally, NoteIDs are blank for Categories
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29. ViewNavigator
AutoExpand Guidance
Helper method:
View.setEnableNoteIDsForCategories(boolean enable)
false:
NoteID
Cat 1
Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Cat 2
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
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“”
“8FA”
“8FE”
“”
“8F2”
“8F6”
true:
NoteID
Cat 1
“80000004”
“8FA”
“8FE”
“80000008”
“8F2”
“8F6”
Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Cat 2
Child 2.1
Child 2.2

30. AutoExpand Guidance
Example:
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1

31. AutoExpand Guidance
Example: expandlist[0]: 0x800000ac (Cat 2)
setMaxLevel(0);
setAutoExpandGuidance( 10, expandlist, null)
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1

32. AutoExpand Guidance
Example: expandlist[0]: 0x800000ac (Cat 2)
setMaxLevel(0);
setAutoExpandGuidance( 10, null, expandlist)
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1
Cat 1
Cat 2
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Cat 3

33. AutoExpand Guidance – Collapsed List
Example:
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1

34. AutoExpand Guidance – Collapsed List
Example: collapsedlist[0]: 0x800000ac (Cat 2)
setMaxLevel(1);
setAutoExpandGuidance( 10, collapsedlist, null)
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1

35. AutoExpand Guidance
Example: collapsedlist[0]: 0x800000ac (Cat 2)
setMaxLevel(1);
setAutoExpandGuidance( 10, collapsedlist, null)
Cat 1
Cat 2
Cat 3
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Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Child 2.1
Child 2.2
Child 2.3
Child 2.4
Child 2.5
Child 3.1
Cat 1
Child 1.1
Child 1.2
Child 1.3
Child 1.4
Cat 2
Cat 3
Child 3.1

36. ViewNavigator
Cache Expand/Collapse Guidance
The usual cache requirement applies:
View.setAutoUpdate( false );
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37. ViewNavigator
Cache Guidance/Expand & Collapse
setAutoExpandGuidance(int maxentries,
NotesNoteCollection collapsednc,
NotesNoteCollection expandednc);
setAutoExpandGuidance(int maxentries,
int[ ] collapsednoteids,
int[ ] expandednoteids);
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38. Expand & Collapsed Lists
Ways to get them
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GetAllDocumentsByKey
DocumentCollection.getNoteIDs
Enumerate ViewNavigator with MaxLevel set
Track Entries based on UI Interactions
Search for them with FTSearch
Formula evaluation in a NoteCollection
Logical operations on multiple DocumentCollections

39. Demo: View Navigation using
AutoExpand Guidance
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40. Demo: AutoExpand Guidance
in XPages
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41. Enabling AutoExpand Guidance in XPages
Can be enabled for all Xpages
OR
Per Application
OR
Per page within an Application
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42. Enabling AutoExpand Guidance in XPages
file: <root_dir>/data/properties/xsp.properties
(see example: xsp.properties.sample)
legacy:
xsp.domino.view.navigator=ByPosition
faster:*
xsp.domino.view.navigator= ByNoteId
* slight behavior change
similar to Notes Client
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43. REST Calendar Service
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44. Calendar and Scheduling APIs: REST Calendar Service
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Included in 9.0.1 (disabled by default)
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Exposes calendar functionality over HTTP
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De-couples from language and OS requirements
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Allows use without a Notes/Domino install
Offers both iCalendar and JSON data formatting, for easier JavaScript parsing
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45. REST demo: Calendar feed
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46. Q&A
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