Using table component,not binding

Question

Hi all,
I've been searching info about using the table component
, adding,deleting,etc programatically, not binding to a Database how the JSC tutorial works.
The idea is simply:
- add and remove rows when the user fills a textbox and push a button to add the item.....
Anyone have an example or a link with examples??
thanks in advance!

Answer 1

What I do is create a list with, say, two Person objects then use ObjectListDataProvider's setList(List) method to associate the list with the data provider's list property.
I create the data provider in a session bean. In the bean's init method I call remove the dummy list items.
Before you can bind this data provider's list to any components you have to build the project, then close and reopen the project. Otherwise, JSC won't detect the presence of the data provider.
Here's an example from my program. Note that any package or import beginning with com.cfi.office refers to custom code.
This first class is the data provider. I added a convenience method clear the list but you don't have to do that.package com.cfi.office.dataproviders;
import com.cfi.office.schema.tables.Phone;
import com.sun.data.provider.impl.ObjectListDataProvider;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class PhoneListDataProvider extends ObjectListDataProvider {
    public PhoneListDataProvider() {
        List phoneList = new ArrayList();
        phoneList.add(new Phone("1112223333", "444");
        phoneList.add(new Phone("5556667777", "888");
        this.setList(phoneList);
    public void clearList() {
        this.getList().clear();
        return;
}This next code fragment is from a session bean.    public void init() {
        super.init();
        try {
            _init();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log("BidSessionBean Initialization Failure", e);
            throw e instanceof FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
        abContactPhoneListDP.clearList();
    private PhoneListDataProvider abContactPhoneListDP = new PhoneListDataProvider();
    public PhoneListDataProvider getAbContactPhoneListDP() {
        return this.abContactPhoneListDP;
    public void setAbContactPhoneListDP(PhoneListDataProvider abContactPhoneListDP) {
        this.abContactPhoneListDP = abContactPhoneListDP;
    }After you build the project, close it and reopen it, you should see the data provider in the binding dialog box.