com.r3corda.core.contracts / BusinessCalendar

# BusinessCalendar

`open class BusinessCalendar`

A business calendar performs date calculations that take into account national holidays and weekends. This is a typical feature of financial contracts, in which a business may not want a payment event to fall on a day when no staff are around to handle problems.

### Exceptions

UnknownCalendar | `class UnknownCalendar : Exception`

### Properties

calendars | `val calendars: Array<out String>`
holidayDates | `val holidayDates: List<LocalDate>`

### Functions

applyRollConvention | `open fun applyRollConvention(testDate: LocalDate, dateRollConvention: DateRollConvention): LocalDate`
equals | `open fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean`
hashCode | `open fun hashCode(): Int`
isWorkingDay | `open fun isWorkingDay(date: LocalDate): Boolean`
moveBusinessDays | `fun moveBusinessDays(date: LocalDate, direction: DateRollDirection, i: Int): LocalDate` Returns a date which is the inbound date plus/minus a given number of business days. TODO: Make more efficient if necessary

### Companion Object Properties

TEST_CALENDAR_DATA | `val TEST_CALENDAR_DATA: <ERROR CLASS>`
calendars | `val calendars: <ERROR CLASS>`

### Companion Object Functions

createGenericSchedule | `fun createGenericSchedule(startDate: LocalDate, period: Frequency, calendar: BusinessCalendar = getInstance(), dateRollConvention: DateRollConvention = DateRollConvention.Following, noOfAdditionalPeriods: Int = Integer.MAX_VALUE, endDate: LocalDate? = null, periodOffset: Int? = null): List<LocalDate>` Calculates an event schedule that moves events around to ensure they fall on working days.
getInstance | `fun getInstance(vararg calname: String): BusinessCalendar` Returns a business calendar that combines all the named holiday calendars into one list of holiday dates.
getOffsetDate | `fun getOffsetDate(startDate: LocalDate, period: Frequency, steps: Int = 1): LocalDate` Calculates the date from @startDate moving forward @steps of time size @period. Does not apply calendar logic / roll conventions.
parseDateFromString | `fun parseDateFromString(it: String): LocalDate` Parses a date of the form YYYY-MM-DD, like 2016-01-10 for 10th Jan.