Displaying tabular data using the DataTable component
DataTable is an enhanced version of the standard DataTable that provides various additional features such as:
- Pagination
- Lazy loading
- Sorting
- Filtering
- Row selection
- Inline row/cell editing
- Conditional styling
- Expandable rows
- Grouping and SubTable, and many more
In our TechBuzz application, the administrator can view a list of users and enable/disable user accounts. First, let us see how we can display a list of users using basic DataTable as follows:
<p:dataTable id="usersTbl" var="user" value="#{adminController.users}"> <f:facet name="header"> List of Users </f:facet> <p:column headerText="Id"> <h:outputText value="#{user.id}" /> </p:column> <p:column headerText="Email"> <h:outputText value="#{user.emailId}" /> </p:column> <p:column headerText="FirstName"> <h:outputText...