[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (RF-3364) Programmatically created dataTable is not sortable

[Rainer Flicker (JIRA)]

Programmatically created dataTable is not sortable
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                 Key: RF-3364
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RF-3364
             Project: RichFaces
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 3.2.1
         Environment: RichFaces 3.2.1.CR3
JBoss Seam 2.0.1.GA 
JSF 1.2 + Facelets 1.1.14
JBoss 4.2.2.GA
JDK 1.5.0_11
            Reporter: Rainer Flicker


A programmatically created dataTable shows no sort icons in the header and clicking on the header
has no effect.

------ xhtml snippet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 <rich:dataTable binding="#{dataTableAction.dataTable}" var="data" />
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----- faces-config.xml snippet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <managed-bean>
    <managed-bean-name>dataTableAction</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-class>DataTableAction</managed-bean-class>
    <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
  </managed-bean>
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---- Java class ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.el.ELContext;
import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
import javax.el.ValueExpression;
import javax.faces.application.Application;
import javax.faces.component.html.HtmlOutputText;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlColumn;
import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlDataTable;

public class DataTableAction {
    private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DataTableAction.class);

    private HtmlDataTable dataTable = null;

    private List<TestEntity> testData = null;

    public HtmlDataTable getDataTable() {
        log.info("in getDataTable()");
        
        if (testData == null) {
            testData = new ArrayList<TestEntity>();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                TestEntity data = new TestEntity();
                data.setId(i);
                data.setName("TestEntity" + i);
                data.setNumber(""+i);
                testData.add(data);
             }
        }
            
        String[] columns = new String[] { "number", "name" };
        String[] valueExprs = new String[] { "#{data.number}", "#{data.name}" };
        FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        ELContext elContext = facesContext.getELContext();
        Application application = facesContext.getApplication();
        ExpressionFactory elFactory = facesContext.getApplication().getExpressionFactory();
        
        dataTable = new HtmlDataTable();
        dataTable.setValue(getTestData());

        for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
            log.info("setting column[" + i + "]: " + columns[i]);
            // header
            HtmlOutputText header = new HtmlOutputText();
            header.setValue(columns[i]);

            // content
            HtmlOutputText content = new HtmlOutputText();
            ValueExpression valueExpression = elFactory.createValueExpression(
                    elContext, valueExprs[i], String.class);
            content.setValueExpression("value", valueExpression);

            // column
            HtmlColumn column = new HtmlColumn();
            column.setId("col" + i);
            column.setHeader(header);
            column.getChildren().add(content);
            column.setSortBy(valueExprs[i]);
            column.setSortable(true);
            column.setSelfSorted(true);

            dataTable.getChildren().add(column);
        }

        return dataTable;
    }

    public void setDataTable(HtmlDataTable dataTable) {
        this.dataTable = dataTable;
    }

    public List<TestEntity> getTestData() {
        return testData;
    }

    public void setTestData(List<TestEntity> testData) {
        this.testData = testData;
    }
}
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---- Java class ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public class TestEntity {
    private long id;
    private String number;
    private String name;
    
    public long getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
    public String getNumber() {
        return number;
    }
    public void setNumber(String number) {
        this.number = number;
    }
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}
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