gistfile1.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

type Meeting struct {
	Who        []Person
	When       time.Time
	Location   string
	Duration   time.Duration
	Objectives []Objective
}

type Objective struct {
	Goal  string
	Notes string
	ObjectiveResult
}

type ObjectiveResult struct {
	Decision string
	Reason   string
	Actions  []Action
}

type Action struct {
	Task string
	Who  Person
	By   time.Time
}

type Person struct {
	Name  string
	Email string
	Why   string
}

func (m *Meeting) CanStart() (bool, string) {
	var reasons []string
	if len(m.Objectives) == 0 {
		reasons = append(reasons, "No Objectives? WTF Dude?")
	}
	for _, o := range m.Objectives {
		if o.Goal == "" {
			reasons = append(reasons, "An Objective with no goal? Don't waste my time.")
		}
	}
	if m.Location == "" {
		reasons = append(reasons, "No place to meet? You have fun I'll be in the bar.")
	}
	if len(m.Who) == 0 {
		reasons = append(reasons, "No people? Well okay, you go and have that 'meeting'.")
	}
	if &m.Duration == nil || m.Duration.Hours() > 1 {
		reasons = append(reasons, "Your meeting has no end or is longer than an hour? I hate you.")
	}
	if len(m.Who) > 8 {
		reasons = append(reasons, "Really? More than 8 people in this meeting? I'll help with that by not showing up.")
	}
	for _, w := range m.Who {
		if w.Name == "" || w.Email == "" {
			reasons = append(reasons, "Incomplete Contact info. You lazy ass.")
		}
		if w.Why == "" {
			reasons = append(reasons, "You don't know why you invited %v? You expect me to share my air with that person for no reason?", w.Name)
		}
	}
	if len(reasons) != 0 {
		return false, fmt.Sprintf("No Meeting For You: %v\n", reasons)
	}
	return true, "You are a meeting ninja, you may proceed"
}

func (m *Meeting) Success() (bool, string) {
	var reasons []string
	if start, _ := m.CanStart(); !start {
		reasons = append(reasons, "This meeting shouldn't have even started...cheater")
	}
	for _, objective := range m.Objectives {
		if objective.Decision == "" {
			reasons = append(reasons, "No decision reached for %v. Way to waste everyones time asshat")
		}
		if objective.Reason == "" {
			reasons = append(reasons, "If you don't record why you made this decision, I promise everyone will tell you why it was wrong down the road once we have hindsight. And we will enjoy doing so.")
		}
		if len(objective.Actions) == 0 {
			reasons = append(reasons, "So we just spend all this time talking, and nobody is going to do anything. You owe each of us a Pint.")
		}
		for _, action := range objective.Actions {
			if action.Task == "" {
				reasons = append(reasons, "No Task? Guess you just like to get people together to listen to you pontificate you righteous jackass")
			}
			if &action.Who == nil {
				reasons = append(reasons, "Tasks that don't get assigned likely won't get done numbnuts.")
			}
		}
	}
	if len(reasons) == 0 {
		return true, "You, my friend, get a gold badge in meetings"
	}
	return false, fmt.Sprintf("You + Meetings == FAIL: %v\n", reasons)
}

func main() {
	var m Meeting
	cs, sr := m.CanStart()
	fmt.Println(cs, sr)
	s, r := m.Success()
	fmt.Println(s, r)
}