Adding rows to a p:datatable dynamically

In your refresh method create a new list and then add the data in there

public void refresh()
{
    dataList = new List();
    dataList.add(...);
}

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Hi girionis,

In my Jboss, when I create a simple p:dataTable and attach a dataList in the bean, jboss complains "Property Cannot Be Resolved". What could be the reason?

<p:dataTable value="dataManager.dataList}" var="o"> </p:dataTable>

then in my DataManager I have it as a ManagedBean and SessionsScoped.

@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class DataManager implements Serializable
{
  private List dataList = new List();

  ..
  ..

  public void refresh()
  {
 dataList = new List();
    dataList.add(...);

 
  }
}

First of all you have two syntax errors.

value="dataManager.dataList}"

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You are missing a hash and a left curly bracket.

dataList.add(...);

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The above is not valid java code. I added there just to show you how it should be done. You need to replace it with the actual object you are trying to add in your list (and therefore in your data table).

Ok. Thanks. But now I expected

one
two

to be shown in the browser. But it comes out blank.
My simple code is shown below...

<p:dataTable value="#{dataManager.list}" var="o">
        <p:column>
        </p:column>
      
      </p:dataTable>



@ManagedBean(name="dataManager")
@SessionScoped
public class DataManager  {

      private List<String> list;
 
      public DataManager() {
            // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
              list = new ArrayList<String>();
                list.add("one");
                list.add("two");
      }

      public List<String> getList()
      {
            
            return list;
      }
      
      public void setList(List<String> aList)
      {
            this.list = aList;
      }
      
           
}

Try this

<p:dataTable value="#{dataManager.list}" var="o">
        <p:column>
#{o}
        </p:column>
      
      </p:dataTable>

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Here is my code, what I have now.
But all I can see is

"No records found"

Where this message comes from?



<p:dataTable value="#{dataManager.list}" var="o">
        <p:column>
            #{o}
        </p:column>  
      
      </p:dataTable>

 

@ManagedBean(name="dataManager")
@SessionScoped
public class DataManager {

      private List<String> list;
 
      public void init()  {
            // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
             
              list = new ArrayList<String>();
                list.add("one");
                list.add("two");
      }

      public List<String> getList()
      {
             
            return list;
      }
      
      public void setList(List<String> aList)
      {
             
            this.list = aList;
      }
}

OK.  My mistake not having as the constructor.
I add a constructor. Then I can see the first items coming ok.

 public void DataManager()  {
            // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
             
              list = new ArrayList<String>();
                list.add("one");
                list.add("two");
      }



Then I added another function to the class

public void updade()
{
System.out.println("Reached Updater");

           list = new ArrayList<String>();
                list.add("three");
                list.add("four");
               list.add("five");
 
}

Then from a commadLink I trigger the update()
I can see the println message prints on the console which means the method update() was called. But the List on the browser stays the same. I expected that to change to "three", "four" and "five"

Do you also update the data table?

Nop. I am not sure if @SessionScope vs. @ViewScope make a difference. I can see the data getting changed in the bean, but the view (HTML) never get updated.

PERFECT!!!!!
Thank You Very Much. Yes somehow I did not realize that the update property must be set. Phew, coming from ASP.NET background this is different. Thanks again.