(To Adam Winner) New bug report at data_table tag

Question

Hi Adam
Here is a new bug in data_table
When you create an table with data_table using id=�tableName� attribute and render the data_table for the first time, JSF saves the settings, but does not change them any more when you add new Attributes.
When you add new Attributes to the data_table, they don�t get rendered. You must first change the id=�newTableName� before the changes gets rendered. Probably the tableID object is not changing its properties for some reason??
Regards:
Nermin B.

Answer 1

Hi Adam,
Sorry for misspelling your name. I realized this after I posted the message.
We're discussing the topic of your second message - how often the model of a UIData should be retrieved - on the EG. I hope 1.0 will have a solution.
I assume you're saving the state on the server?Yes You are right. I am saving state on the server. Do you think this could be the reason for this??
But I don't follow your first message - when you wrote about "adding Attributes" to the table, what specifically were you adding, and what changes were you expecting to see?
Are these changes in your model (the object used for "value"), or something else?What I am saying is following:
Let say you create an data_table tag:
<h:data_table rowClasses="table-row-even,table-row-odd"
styleClass="table-standard"
id="msgTable"
value="#{systemMessage.activeSystemMessages}"
var="msg">
You render this. The data is displayed etc. Works just perfect.
But now you decide to add some additional attributes to your data_table let say some columnClasses
If you simply add columnClasses in the data_table above, and reload the page (without restarting server) it won�t render the new attribute (columnClasses)!!
<h:data_table rowClasses="table-row-even,table-row-odd"
columnClasses="table-column-standard,table-column-standard�
styleClass="table-standard"
id="msgTable"
value="#{systemMessage.activeSystemMessages}"
var="msg">
You must change id attribute at the data_table first before the JSF takes changes over. The code will look like this:
<h:data_table rowClasses="table-row-even,table-row-odd"
columnClasses="table-column-standard,table-column-standard�
styleClass="table-standard"
id="msgTableNEW"
value="#{systemMessage.activeSystemMessages}"
var="msg">
(See id=� msgTableNEW�)
In this case JSF will take the new columnClasses attribute and render correctly.
Regards:
Nermin B.