Accessing variable of a datatable from Java Code

Question

Hello,
I am trying to present a list of objects with a jsf datatable. However, each object needs to be rendered differently, so, I am including another JSP fragment, depending on the datatype.
JSP code follows:
<h:dataTable value="#{pc_ConsultaCliente.dadosCliente.historicoCliente}" var="varhistoricoCliente" styleClass="dataTable" >
<h:column>
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText styleClass="outputText" value="HistoricoCliente"/>
</f:facet>
<%
String toinclude="";
try {
toinclude=FragmentsHandler.getFragmentForBinding(
javax.faces.context.FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(),
"#{varhistoricoCliente}" ,
Contacto.class);
} catch (Exception ex) { throw new RuntimeException(ex); }
%>
<h:panelGroup>
     <jsp:include page="<%= toinclude %>"/>
</h:panelGroup>
</h:column></h:dataTable>
The problem is, when I try to access the varhistoricoCliente from the FragmentsHandler class, I simply can't reach it (I keep on getting null):
In it, I use (I get fc as a Faces Context from the JSP):
public static String getFragmentForBinding(FacesContext fc, String valueBinding, Class defaultClass) throws IOException {
Object o=fc.getApplication().createValueBinding(valueBinding).getValue(fc), defaultClass);
//After this, o just gets null
Is this this right? How can I access the var from the datatable component?
Many thanks!

Answer 1

I'm no JSF expert but I'm not sure your approach can work at all.
I would simplify everything by entering a different tag for each different type of object, and enabling the right one with the "rendered" attribute.
Something like:
<table>
   <column>
     <tag1 rendered="#{myResult.isType1}">...
     <tag2 rendered="#{myResult.isType2}">...
   ...