Java highlighting specific dates in JCalendar cell

Question

I followed the codes here to set the colors of a specific date in Toedter's Calendar. The problem I am facing now is that it is not highlighting the correct cell. In my example I have used 14th and 15th of June but it highlighted 8th and 9th.

Sccreenshot of my ui

And heres my code:

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    Date sdate= null;
    String d = null;
    for(int i =0;i<pd.size();i++){
        d = pd.get(i).getDate();
        try{

            sdate = (Date)formatter.parse(d); 
            if(events.contains(sdate)){

            }
            else{
                events.add(sdate);
                System.out.println(sdate);
            }

        }catch(ParseException r){
            System.out.println("error");
        }

    }

    //arraylist of events
    for(int i = 0; i < events.size(); i++)
    {   
        Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal1.setTime(events.get(i));
        int day1 = cal1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        int month1 = cal1.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int year1 = cal1.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        //selected month and year on JCalendar
        if(month == month1 && year == year1)
        {
             // Calculate the offset of the first day of the month
             cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,1);
             int offset = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) -1;
             component[day1 + offset ].setBackground(Color.blue); 
        }
    }

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

As an alternative to changing the components, implement IDateEvaluator and return the desired colors, as suggested here. It's not clear where your Calendar offset goes awry. The example below uses List::contains to identify special dates. Just be sure to clear the time fields on the calendar dates you add().

import com.toedter.calendar.IDateEvaluator;
import com.toedter.calendar.JCalendar;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37899883/230513
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/q/25501373/230513
 */
public class HighlightTest {

    private static class HighlightEvaluator implements IDateEvaluator {

        private final List<Date> list = new ArrayList<>();

        public void add(Date date) {
            list.add(date);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isSpecial(Date date) {
            return list.contains(date);
        }

        @Override
        public Color getSpecialForegroundColor() {
            return Color.red.darker();
        }

        @Override
        public Color getSpecialBackroundColor() {
            return Color.blue;
        }

        @Override
        public String getSpecialTooltip() {
            return "Highlighted event.";
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isInvalid(Date date) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public Color getInvalidForegroundColor() {
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public Color getInvalidBackroundColor() {
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public String getInvalidTooltip() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private void display() {
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Highlight Test");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        HighlightEvaluator evaluator = new HighlightEvaluator();
        evaluator.add(createDate(14));
        evaluator.add(createDate(15));
        JCalendar jc = new JCalendar();
        jc.getDayChooser().addDateEvaluator(evaluator);
        jc.setCalendar(jc.getCalendar());
        f.add(jc);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }

    private Date createDate(int d) {
        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
        c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, d);
        c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        return (c.getTime());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new HighlightTest()::display);
    }
}

can multiple evaluators be added to the same JDateChooser component? — Hari Kiran, Oct 15 '18 at 13:19
Yes, as suggested [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/26322062/230513); alternatively, an `IDateEvaluator` implementation can handle this internally. — trashgod, Oct 15 '18 at 15:24
if you don't mind, could you elaborate the alternate approach? It'd really help me understand the background process — Hari Kiran, Oct 15 '18 at 15:41
Instead of multiple evaluators, this [example](https://stackoverflow.com/a/37899883/230513) manages a `List`. — trashgod, Oct 15 '18 at 16:07
Incase you are aware of the library, could you let me know which class holds the logic for traversal through the list? I looked in the JDayChooser where I could find the logic of how the values from functions within the IDateEvaluator interface are fetched — Hari Kiran, Oct 25 '18 at 08:22
`JDayChooser::drawDays` iterates though all the `dateEvaluators` added to the chooser. — trashgod, Oct 25 '18 at 08:38
Which function iterates the list within the dateEvaluator? @trashgod — Hari Kiran, Oct 25 '18 at 13:03
That's up to your implementation of `IDateEvaluator`; the example above invokes `List::contains` to scan the list. — trashgod, Oct 25 '18 at 16:51

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