how to filter dataTable inside backing bean?

[lmk]

hello,

Id like to filter dataTable on the backing bean, I get compute some informations, show theme on modalPanel and on commandButton click I have to filter the dataTable result..
can we do the filter action on java code..

thanks !

[ilya_shaikovsky]

please exlpore our demosite examples. Two examples of built-in and external sorting shown there.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

sorry, I mean *filtering* :)

[lmk]

thanks !!