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Re: [webtier] How to handle a list in JSF 2

From: Lincoln Baxter, III <lincolnbaxter_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:00:50 -0500

If I'm reading this correctly. #{item} is a List object. You could use
another nested <ui:repeat> or another nested <h:dataTable> to iterate over
the results (columns) of #{item}.

I think your situation is that you're trying to display a multidimensional
array with an uni-dimensional table.

--Lincoln

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Celinio Fernandes <papouasied_at_yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I have what i believe is a simple question for those who are familiar with
> JSF.
> I am not too familiar so before digging any further in the documentation i
> thought i'd ask here for advice.
>
> My problem is quite simple: I want to display in a table the result of a
> JPQL query.
> That query looks like this :
> select a.name, b.title, b.age from table1 a, table2 b where a.id = b.id
>
> So it returns a "list of lists" that looks like this:
> ((name1, title1, age1), (name2, title2, age2), ..., (nameN, titleN, ageN),
>
> If i store the result of that query in an ArrayList (myList) in my Managed
> Bean, I can then do this in my XHTML page:
>
> <h:datatable value="#{myBean.myList}" var="item">
> <h:column>
> <h:outputText value="#{item}" />
> </h:column>
> </h:datable>
>
> That of course does not work.
> First because it displays the listing in one column only whereas there are
> 3 elements in each list. Secondly because item points to the list object,
> not an element of the list.
>
> How do i do that in JSF 2 ? Maybe with EL ?
>
> Thanks for helping.
>
>
>
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