print_holidays.cpp

/*generate a set of dates using a collections of date generators
Output looks like:
Enter Year: 2002
2002-Jan-01 [Tue]
2002-Jan-21 [Mon]
2002-Feb-12 [Tue]
2002-Jul-04 [Thu]
2002-Sep-02 [Mon]
2002-Nov-28 [Thu]
2002-Dec-25 [Wed]
Number Holidays: 7
*/


#include "boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp"
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <set>

namespace std {
  //define an operator << for date so transform can call
  std::ostream&
  operator<<(std::ostream& os, const boost::gregorian::date& d)
  {
    os << boost::gregorian::to_simple_string(d);
    return os;
  }

}

void
print_date(boost::gregorian::date d) 
{
  std::cout << d << " [" << d.
}


int
main() {

  std::cout << "Enter Year: ";
  int 
  std::cin >> year;


  using namespace boost::gregorian;

  //define a collection of holidays fixed by month and day
  std::vector<partial_date> holidays;
  holidays.push_back(partial_date(Jan,1)); //Western New Year
  holidays.push_back(partial_date(Jul,4)); //US Independence Day
  holidays.push_back(partial_date(Dec,25));//Christmas day


  //define a shorthand for the nkday function object
  typedef boost::date_time::nth_kday_of_month<date> nkday;
  //define a collection of nth kday holidays
  std::vector<nkday> more_holidays;
  more_holidays.push_back(nkday(nkday::first,  Monday,   Sep)); //US labor day
  more_holidays.push_back(nkday(nkday::third,  Monday,   Jan)); //MLK Day
  more_holidays.push_back(nkday(nkday::second, Tuesday,  Feb)); //Pres day
  more_holidays.push_back(nkday(nkday::fourth, Thursday, Nov)); //Thanksgiving

  typedef std::set<date> date_set;
  date_set all_holidays;

# if (defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (_MSC_VER <= 1200))  // 1200 == VC++ 6.0
  std::cout << "Sorry, this example temporarily disabled on VC 6.\n"
         << "The std::transform isn't accepted by the compiler\n"
         << "So if you hack up the example without std::transform\n"
         << "it should work\n"
         << std::endl; 

# else

  //generate a set of concrete dates from the 'partial_date' holidays
  //by calling the get_date functions
  std::transform(holidays.begin(), holidays.end(),
           std::insert_iterator<date_set>(all_holidays, all_holidays.begin()),
           std::bind2nd(std::mem_fun_ref(&partial_date::get_date),
                     year));

  //Now add in the 'floating' holidays 
  std::transform(more_holidays.begin(), more_holidays.end(),
           std::insert_iterator<date_set>(all_holidays, all_holidays.begin()),
           std::bind2nd(std::mem_fun_ref(&nkday::get_date),
                     year));



  //print the holidays to the screen
  std::for_each(all_holidays.begin(), all_holidays.end(), print_date);
  std::cout << "Number Holidays: " << all_holidays.size() << std::endl;

# endif

return 0;

}