2. The filter outside datatable
3. Hide the filter inside the data table
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Full working primefaces sample example
1. The xhtml
2. The TableBean.java
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
import javax.faces.model.SelectItem;
/**
*
* @author arun.vc
*/
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
@ManagedBean(name = "tableBean")
@SessionScoped
public class TableBean implements Serializable {
private final static String[] colors;
private final static String[] manufacturers;
static {
colors = new String[10];
colors[0] = "Black";
colors[1] = "White";
colors[2] = "Green";
colors[3] = "Red";
colors[4] = "Blue";
colors[5] = "Orange";
colors[6] = "Silver";
colors[7] = "Yellow";
colors[8] = "Brown";
colors[9] = "Maroon";
manufacturers = new String[10];
manufacturers[0] = "Mercedes";
manufacturers[1] = "BMW";
manufacturers[2] = "Volvo";
manufacturers[3] = "Audi";
manufacturers[4] = "Renault";
manufacturers[5] = "Opel";
manufacturers[6] = "Volkswagen";
manufacturers[7] = "Chrysler";
manufacturers[8] = "Ferrari";
manufacturers[9] = "Ford";
}
private SelectItem[] manufacturerOptions;
private List
filteredCars;
private List carsSmall;
public TableBean() {
carsSmall = new ArrayList();
populateRandomCars(carsSmall, 9);
manufacturerOptions = createFilterOptions(manufacturers);
}
private void populateRandomCars(List list, int size) {
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
list.add(new Car(getRandomModel(), getRandomYear(), getRandomManufacturer(), getRandomColor()));
}
}
public List getFilteredCars() {
return filteredCars;
}
public void setFilteredCars(List filteredCars) {
this.filteredCars = filteredCars;
}
public List getCarsSmall() {
return carsSmall;
}
private int getRandomYear() {
return (int) (Math.random() * 50 + 1960);
}
private String getRandomColor() {
return colors[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private String getRandomManufacturer() {
return manufacturers[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
}
private String getRandomModel() {
return UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
}
private SelectItem[] createFilterOptions(String[] data) {
SelectItem[] options = new SelectItem[data.length + 1];
options[0] = new SelectItem("", "Select");
for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
options[i + 1] = new SelectItem(data[i], data[i]);
}
return options;
}
public SelectItem[] getManufacturerOptions() {
return manufacturerOptions;
}
}