Create a datatable component

Question

I want to create a HtmlDataTable component in my java code.
I do this at the moment, but seems that nothing happens:
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        Application app = context.getApplication();
        HtmlDataTable table = (HtmlDataTable) app.createComponent(HtmlDataTable.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        UIColumn column = (UIColumn) app.createComponent(UIColumn.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        HtmlOutputLink link = (HtmlOutputLink) app.createComponent(HtmlOutputLink.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        HtmlOutputText text = (HtmlOutputText) app.createComponent(HtmlOutputText.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        context.getViewRoot().getChildren().add(table);
        table.getChildren().add(column);
        column.getChildren().add(link);
        link.getChildren().add(text);
        table.setVar("item");
        table.setValueBinding("value", app.createValueBinding("#{menuBean.myList}"));
        link.setValue("#");
        text.setValueBinding("value", app.createValueBinding("#{item}"));What is wrong?

Answer 1

You create a new table as a child of UIViewRoot.
But UIViewRoot's rendersChildren property is false;
that means encodeChildren method is not invoked.
Encodeing of other components under <f:view> is done by the corresponding
Tag Handler; whereas your new table has no corresponding one.
I think you should create a new table under some component
whose rendersChildren property is true (e.g. PanelGrid).