JQuery datatables proper way to load data after external search

[Partheban Udayakumar]

Hi all

I am working with Spring and Jquery datatables. I initially fetch my data from server side and display it in the table. I also have an external search implemented in my web page. Here is how I implemented it.

private static int flag;
	private static Page<Entity> persons;

	public MyController() {
		flag = 0;
	}

// Called from jquery datatable ajax
	@RequestMapping("/getPersons")
	public @ResponseBody Map<String, Object> getPersons() {

		Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		if (flag == 0) {
			persons = initiateTable();
		}
		data.put("data", page.getContent());
		data.put("recordsTotal", page.getTotalElements());
		data.put("recordsFiltered", page.getTotalElements());
		flag = 0;
		return data;

	}

	@RequestMapping("/search")
	public String search() {
		persons = getSearchResults();
		flag = 1;
		return "redirect:profiles"; //profiles is the page where datatable is present
	}

So is this the correct way of implementation for data tables or should I handle this is some other way?