Get the current selected row of af:table

In order to get the selected row attributes of af:table, follow these steps:

1. Bind the selectionListener property to a java method as:

<af:table value="#{bindings.EmployeesVO1.collectionModel}" var="row"

                  rows="#{bindings.EmployeesVO1.rangeSize}"

                  emptyText="#{bindings.EmployeesVO1.viewable ? 'No data to display.' : 'Access Denied.'}"

                  fetchSize="#{bindings.EmployeesVO1.rangeSize}"

                  rowBandingInterval="0"

                  selectedRowKeys="#{bindings.EmployeesVO1.collectionModel.selectedRow}"

                  selectionListener="#{EmployeeEdit.employeeSelectListener}"

                  rowSelection="single" id="t1">

2. Define the selectionListener in managed bean as:

    public void employeeSelectListener(SelectionEvent selectionEvent) {

        System.out.println("Selection event called");

     

        DCBindingContainer bindings = (DCBindingContainer)BindingContext.getCurrent().getCurrentBindingsEntry();

        DCIteratorBinding dcItteratorBindings =bindings.findIteratorBinding("EmployeesVO1Iterator");

        GenericTableSelectionHandler.makeCurrent(selectionEvent);

        // Get an object representing the table and what may be selected within it

        ViewObject voTableData = dcItteratorBindings.getViewObject();

        

        // Get selected row

        Row rowSelected = voTableData.getCurrentRow();

        if(rowSelected.getAttribute("EmployeeId")!=null){

            System.out.println("Employee selecetd"+rowSelected.getAttribute("EmployeeId")+"    "+rowSelected.getAttribute("FirstName"));   

        }

    }

3. You need to create a custom class that would point the selection event to the current row, else no matter what is the selection the 1st row would be returned. Code for makeCurrent is as follows:

    public static void makeCurrent( 

    SelectionEvent selectionEvent){ 

    

    RichTable _table = (RichTable) selectionEvent.getSource(); 

    //the Collection Model is the object that provides the 

    //structured data 

    //for the table to render 

    CollectionModel _tableModel = (CollectionModel) _table.getValue(); 

    //the ADF object that implements the CollectionModel is 

    //JUCtrlHierBinding. It is wrapped by the CollectionModel API 

    JUCtrlHierBinding _adfTableBinding = (JUCtrlHierBinding) _tableModel.getWrappedData(); 

    //Acess the ADF iterator binding that is used with 

    //ADF table binding 

    DCIteratorBinding _tableIteratorBinding = _adfTableBinding.getDCIteratorBinding(); 

    

    //the role of this method is to synchronize the table component 

    //selection with the selection in the ADF model 

     Object _selectedRowData = _table.getSelectedRowData(); 

     //cast to JUCtrlHierNodeBinding, which is the ADF object 

     //that represents a row 

     JUCtrlHierNodeBinding _nodeBinding = 

     (JUCtrlHierNodeBinding) _selectedRowData; 

     //get the row key from the node binding and set it 

     //as the current row in the iterator 

     Key _rwKey = _nodeBinding.getRowKey(); 

     _tableIteratorBinding.setCurrentRowWithKey( 

     _rwKey.toStringFormat(true)); 

     } 

4. Run the code to see the output: