Working with JSF Tables (com.webui.jsf.component.Table) and Lists using ObjectListDataProvider for Sorting, Paging, and Memorizing Position

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OS Independant - Java Framework - JSF/JSP

My problem is that I am trying to handle JSF tables with the following functionality:
1. Sortable Column Headers
2. Paging
3. Clicking on a record to navigate to another page (detail page) and then return to the same position in the table when saving or cancelling out of that page.

I've tried using standard JSF components and found no paging support. I then switched to MyFaces and found it clumsy and poorly documented. I finally switched to the Sun JSF components available in NetBeans Visual WebPack. It handles paging very nicely, but doesn't work for sorting. I also haven't figured out how to leave my list to go to a detail and get back to the same place.

The code below accomplishes paging, but I have not figured out sorting or leaving and returning to the same place.  I don't want to tie the table directly to a DB table, but rather to a list of objects. I've included relevant code:

//init() method of the JSF Page
List<User> list = getOYSessionBean().getUserList();
        if(list == null || list.size()<=0){
            FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
            HttpSession session = (HttpSession) context.getExternalContext().getSession(false);
            UserBean loginuser = (UserBean)session.getAttribute("LoginUserBean");
            if(loginuser!=null){
                User_Manager um = new User_Manager();
                um.setPubServerConnection(loginuser.getPubServerConnection());
                um.setServerConfig(loginuser.getServerUtility());
               
                if(um.readDBUsers(loginuser)==0) list = um.getUserList();
                getOYSessionBean().setUserList(list);
            }
        }
        getDpUserList().setList(list);

JSF Components used:
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Table;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.TableColumn;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.TableRowGroup;
import com.sun.data.provider.impl.ObjectListDataProvider;

Any support would be greatly appreciated. I've been reading tutorial after tutorial on the net, but have found minimal support for interacting with these components using Lists.

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