PrimeFaces - DataTable Sorting Example

Creating managed bean

@ManagedBean
@ViewScoped
public class EmployeeBean {
  private List<Employee> employeeList = new ArrayList<>();
    .............
  public List<Employee> getEmployeeList () {
      return employeeList;
  }
}

public class Employee {
  private long id;
  private String name;
  private String phoneNumber;
  private String address;
  //getters/setters
    .............
}

The view

src/main/webapp/index.xhtml

<p:dataTable var="employee" value="#{employeeBean.employeeList}">
    <p:column headerText="Id" sortBy="#{employee.id}">
        <h:outputText value="#{employee.id}"/>
    </p:column>

    <p:column headerText="Name" sortBy="#{employee.name}">
        <h:outputText value="#{employee.name}"/>
    </p:column>

    <p:column headerText="Phone Number" sortBy="#{employee.phoneNumber}">
        <h:outputText value="#{employee.phoneNumber}"/>
    </p:column>

    <p:column headerText="Address" sortBy="#{employee.address}">
        <h:outputText value="#{employee.address}"/>
    </p:column>
</p:dataTable>

mvn tomcat7:run-war

Output

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

• primefaces 6.1 primefaces
• jsf-api 2.2.14: This is the master POM file for Oracle's Implementation of the JSF 2.2 Specification.
• jsf-impl 2.2.14: This is the master POM file for Oracle's Implementation of the JSF 2.2 Specification.
• datafactory 0.8: Library to generate data for testing.
• JDK 1.8
• Maven 3.3.9