I'm using p:dataTable from Primefaces 3.5 with lazy loading and dynamic columns.
I have three types of columns, the difference is in input for filtering. One has p:inputText, one has p:selectCheckboxMenu and last one hasn't anything.
Columns are rendered via c:foreach tag.
<c:forEach var="col" items="#{cc.attrs.bean.sortedModelColumns}">
Everything works fine, but not "lazy". I also have p:tabView, where each tab includes this dataTable and with every request, all beans are initialized. I know, that c:forEach is being evaluated in build time so it's before tabView.
Therefore, my question is: How to render different columns inside p:dataTable?
I've tried ui:repeat as follows:
<p:dataTable 'datatableDefinition' />
<ui:repeat var="#col" value="#{cc.attrs.bean.sortedModelColumns}">
columnsRendering
</ui:repeat>
</p:dataTable>
but that will an empty dataTable. When I put the ui:repeat outside the p:dataTable it works.
I've also tried p:columns it renders everything just fine, but the listeners for filtering on p:inputText
<p:ajax event="keyup" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.filterListener}" />
don't work.
I think, I've two options. First: make p:columns work somehow or try to use c:if in p:tabView, but I don't know how to trigger evaluation the test inside c:if on tab switch event.
Anyway, I'll be glad for any help.
EDIT: Full code of datatable
<p:dataTable widgetVar="entityTable" var="entity" value="# {cc.attrs.bean.loadEntities(cc.attrs.groupId)}"
resizableColumns="true" lazy="true"
rowStyleClass="#{entity.updated ? 'updatedRow' : ''}"
paginator="true" rows="10"
paginatorTemplate="{CurrentPageReport} {FirstPageLink} {PreviousPageLink} {PageLinks} {NextPageLink} {LastPageLink} {RowsPerPageDropdown}"
rowsPerPageTemplate="5,10,20" paginatorPosition="bottom"
scrollable="true" scrollWidth="#{userSessionBean.windowWidth -35}">
<p:ajax event="colReorder" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onReorder}" />
<p:ajax event="sort" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.sortListener}" />
<p:column style="width:20px" >
<f:facet name="header">
<p:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{cc.attrs.bean.checkbox}">
<p:ajax onstart="return selectAll('#{component.clientId}');"/>
</p:selectBooleanCheckbox>
</f:facet>-->
<p:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{cc.attrs.bean.checkbox}" styleClass="entitySelectCheckbox">
<p:ajax listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onEntitySelected(entity.id)}"/>
</p:selectBooleanCheckbox>
<p:commandLink id="notifIcon" styleClass=" #{entity.notification?'notification':''}" />
</p:column>
<p:column style="width:13px" rendered="#{not empty cc.attrs.subview}">
<p:commandLink process="@this" value=" " id="loadEntity" styleClass="loadEntity"
immediate="true" onstart="hideRows('#{component.clientId}');" actionListener="#{cc.attrs.bean.setSelectedRowId(component.clientId)}" action="#{cc.attrs.bean.selectEntity(entity.id)}"
update="@(##{pe:escapeSelector(cc.clientId)}\\\\:entityTableForm)"/>
</p:column>
<p:columns var="col" value="#{cc.attrs.bean.sortedModelColumns}">
<f:attribute name="property" value="#{col.property}" />
<f:facet name="header">
<div style="width: #{col.width}">
#{col.header}
</div>
<p:outputPanel rendered="#{not cc.attrs.bean.isColDate(col.property)}" >
<p:inputText id="#{col.property}Id" styleClass="filterInput" rendered="#{not cc.attrs.bean.isColEnum(col.property) and not cc.attrs.bean.isColVisual(col.property)}" size="10" onkeyup="delay(function(){entityTable.filter();console.log('x');}, 500 );" >
<p:ajax event="keyup" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.filterListener}" />
<f:attribute name="property" value="#{col.property}" />
<f:attribute name="operator" value="#{col.operator}" />
<f:event id="filterEvent" type="javax.faces.event.PreRenderComponentEvent" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.filterRendered}"/>
</p:inputText>
<p:selectCheckboxMenu rendered="#{cc.attrs.bean.isColEnum(col.property)}" label="Choose" styleClass="filterInput">
<f:attribute name="property" value="#{col.property}" />
<f:selectItems value="#{cc.attrs.bean.getEnumStrings(col.property)}" var="item" />
<p:ajax event="change" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onEnumFilterChange}" oncomplete="setTimeout('entityTable.filter()',200);"/>
</p:selectCheckboxMenu>
</p:outputPanel>
<p:outputPanel rendered="#{cc.attrs.bean.isColDate(col.property)}" >
<p:calendar pattern="#{userSessionBean.person.settings.timeFormat}" styleClass="filterInput filterInputDate">
<f:attribute name="property" value="#{col.property}" />
<f:attribute name="operator" value=">=" />
<p:ajax event="dateSelect" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onDateFilterChange}" oncomplete="setTimeout('entityTable.filter()',200);" />
</p:calendar>
<p:calendar pattern="#{userSessionBean.person.settings.timeFormat}" styleClass="filterInput filterInputDate">
<f:attribute name="property" value="#{col.property}" />
<f:attribute name="operator" value="<=" />
<p:ajax event="dateSelect" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.onDateFilterChange}" oncomplete="setTimeout('entityTable.filter()',200);" />
</p:calendar>
</p:outputPanel>
</f:facet>
<p:outputPanel rendered="#{not cc.attrs.bean.isColDate(col.property)}">
<p:outputPanel rendered="#{not cc.attrs.bean.isColVisual(col.property)}">
<h:outputText rendered="#{empty col.chainedProperty}"
value="#{entity[col.property]}" />
<h:outputText rendered="#{not empty col.chainedProperty}"
value="#{entity[col.primaryProperty][col.chainedProperty]}" />
<h:outputText rendered="#{not empty col.middleProperty}"
value="#{entity[col.primaryProperty][col.middleProperty][col.chainedProperty]}" />
</p:outputPanel>
</p:outputPanel>
<kwe:inlineprogress status="#{entity.status}" rendered="#{cc.attrs.bean.isColVisual(col.property)}" />
<h:outputText rendered="#{cc.attrs.bean.isColDate(col.property)}" value="#{cc.attrs.bean.dateTimeDisplay(entity[col.property])}"/>
</p:columns>
<f:event id="event2" type="javax.faces.event.PreRenderComponentEvent" listener="#{cc.attrs.bean.allRendered}"/>
</p:dataTable>
