sortMode and sort of rich:column

[nimo22]

I have a rich:extendedDT with a sortable column:

<rich:column id="rowAge" label="Age" sortable="true" sortBy="#{_a.age}">
</rich:column>[

<rich:column id="rowTest" label="Test" sortable="true" sortBy="#{_a.test}">
</rich:column>
/code]


I click the header of "Age" to sort the table by Age.

So the actual sorted column is "Age" with the value "ASCENDING".

All works, but how get I access to the actual sorted column with the actual sortOrder" within my managedBean or jsf?

[nimo22]

The problem is, I need to sort my datatable globally and want to retrieve the actual sortOrder and the sortBy to adapt my query in the backend, when the user clicks a sortable column:

select...
from..
order by [sortBy] [sortOrder]

How can I do that?

[nimo22]

Unfortunately, the tableState of extendedDT does not store the actual sorted column and the sortBy-Attribute.

[ilya_shaikovsky]

please checkout current richfaces demo code and check new modifiable model sample. (placed among the dataTable samples.) the same could be performed with extendedDataModel.