Primefaces dataTable with rowspan

Question

I\'m quite new with JSF primefaces 3.1. I try to build a \"complex\" table and I cannot find a good solution using dataTable (I need a sorting component).

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Answer 1

I had the same problem : primefaces (or richfaces) offers rowspan only for header and footer.

Then I tried to use the icefaces ace:datatable component and it run by adding only one attribute in the colum(s) you want to be "rowspanable" : ace:column : groupBy="#{bean.field}".

You give as usual a list of rows and this component generates all rowspan automatically (I think by autodetecting neigbourhood of equals values) in the generated html table.

It runs altogether with primefaces components : at this moment I have primefaces outputlabel in the icefaces datatable cells ant this icefaces datatable is inside a primefaces panel.