Variable number of columns within dataTable
Rory Evans
Greenhorn
Posts: 18
posted 7 years ago
Hi,
On my backing bean, I have a list of Player objects. Each Player object has a list of Card objects.
On my jsf page, I want to display a dataTable with one row per Player and one column per Card. Since each player may have a different number of cards, I need to have a way of determining how many columns to create.
My initial idea was to use something like:
but this renders no columns at all (after reading around the subject, I understand why this is the case). Can anyone suggest a suitable alternative or workaround for the problem described above?
Thanks
On my backing bean, I have a list of Player objects. Each Player object has a list of Card objects.
On my jsf page, I want to display a dataTable with one row per Player and one column per Card. Since each player may have a different number of cards, I need to have a way of determining how many columns to create.
My initial idea was to use something like:
but this renders no columns at all (after reading around the subject, I understand why this is the case). Can anyone suggest a suitable alternative or workaround for the problem described above?
Thanks
posted 7 years ago
You're not the first one to discover that the ui:repeat element doesn't work well in tables.
Your best bet, I think, is to bind the table itself to a backing bean and construct the columns in backing bean code. Or you could use the RichFaces DataGrid control.
Your best bet, I think, is to bind the table itself to a backing bean and construct the columns in backing bean code. Or you could use the RichFaces DataGrid control.
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