Get dates during fullcalendar initializing - fullcalendar

Question

I'm using eventSources method to initialize FullCalendar jQuery plugin.
eventSources: [
initEvents(visibleStartDate, visibleEndDate)
]
where initEvents is and ajax call to jsp page that returns json object representing events to be rendered. It works great but now I'd like to fetch the event only for the dates visible on calendar. I read in documentation that I could use visStart and visEnd on View object to get the start and end day of the calendar, however I don't know how to get that information at the time I initialize my eventSources. Is there a way? Thank you in advance for your responses.
Eric

Answer 1

It turns out that fullcalendar plugin will add start and end HTTP parameters when calendar sources are fetched externally. Full details are described in documentation here: http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_data/events_json_feed/
My code (mix of javascript, JSP, JSF):
FullCalendal initialization:
page.view.calendar.fullCalendar(
{
....
eventSources: [
page.control.initEventSources(#{sessionBean.myCalendar.calendarConfgIdNbr},'Approved'),
page.control.initCalendarHolidays(#{sessionBean.myCalendar.calendarConfgIdNbr})],
....
});
2. My javascript function:
page.control.initEventSources:
var page = {
control : {
initEventSources : function(calConfId, status) {
return {
url: '/oceportal/tom/data/bookings.jsp',
type: 'POST',
data: { calConfId: calConfId, bookingStatus: status, loggedInId: "#{sessionBean.loggedInId}", },
success: function(data) { },
error: function() { alert('there was an error while fetching events!'); },
color: 'none',
textColor: page.colorConfig[status]
};
}
}
}
My JSP snippet (to retrieve first and last visible day):
String start = request.getParameter("start");
Date startDt = new Date(Long.parseLong(start)*1000);
String end = request.getParameter("end");
Date endDt = new Date(Long.parseLong(end)*1000);
Hope it helps someone.