PrimeFaces DataTable CellEdit get entity/object

Question

I have a datatable which displays various entities based on a List<>. When I select a cell for editing I want to be able to also get the entity somehow in order to update it.

Answer 1

I have been struggling with this problem two and I didn't like depending the var name so I found this solution:

public void onCellEdit(CellEditEvent event) {  
    Entity entity =(Entity)((DataTable)event.getComponent()).getRowData();
}

note that the entity is updated can be merged directly into the DB, also you can still get the old value. PS: thank you @BalusC for everything :)