h:dataTable標簽用來生成表格，感覺就和struts的logic：iterator差不多，下面是一般的用法：
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<
h:dataTable?
value
='#{items}'?
var
='item'>
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<h:column
>
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<
%--?
left?column?components?--%
>
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<
h:outputText?
value
='#{item.propertyName}'/>
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</h:column
>
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<
h:column
>
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<
%--?
next?column?components?--%
>
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<
h:outputText?
value
='#{item.anotherPropertyName}'/>
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</h:column
>
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<
%--?
add?more?columns,?as?desired?--%
>
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</
h:dataTable
>
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其中這個items可以是一個集合(其類型可以是array、java.util.List、java.sql.ResultSet、javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.Result、javax.faces.model.DataModel，循環遍歷所有的item），或者是其他任何非集合的元素（循環一次）。
注意1）h:dataTable里面只能包含h:column。2）在h:dataTable這種能render子元素的標簽中，要顯示原始文本的話，要用<f:verbatim></f:verbatim>將文本包含起來（或者用h:outputText）。3） <f:facet name="header">和<f:facet name="footer">可以制定表頭和表尾。
h:dataTable有以下這些屬性：
bgcolor
?Background?color?for?the?table
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border
?Width?of?the?table's?border
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cellpadding
?Padding?around?table?cells
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cellspacing
?Spacing?between?table?cells
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columnClasses
?Comma-separated?list?of?CSS?classes?for?columns
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first
?Index?of?the?first?row?shown?in?the?table
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footerClass
?CSS?class?for?the?table?footer
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frame
?Specification?for?sides?of?the?frame?surrounding?the?table?should?be?drawn;?valid?values:?none,?above,?below,?hsides,?vsides,?lhs,?rhs,?box,?border
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headerClass
?CSS?class?for?the?table?header
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rowClasses
?Comma-separated?list?of?CSS?classes?for?columns
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rules
?Specification?for?lines?drawn?between?cells;?valid?values:?groups,?rows,?columns,?all
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summary
?Summary?of?the?table's?purpose?and?structure?used?for?non-visual?feedback?such?as?speech
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var
?The?name?of?the?variable?created?by?the?data?table?that?represents?the?current?item?in?the?value
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binding,?id,?rendered,?styleClass,?value
?Basic?attributes
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dir,?lang,?style,?title,?width
?HTML?4.0
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onclick,?ondblclick,?onkeydown,?onkeypress,?onkeyup,?onmousedown,?onmousemove,?onmouseout,?onmouseover,?onmouseup
?DHTML?events
有一個很有意思的例子，它可以生成一個動態可編輯的表格：
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<
h:dataTable?
value
="#{tableData.names}"
?var
="name"
>
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<
%--?
checkbox?column?--%
>
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<
h:column
>
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<
f:facet?
name
="header"
>
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<
h:outputText?
value
="#{msgs.editColumn}"
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="font-weight:?bold"
/>
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</
f:facet
>
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<
h:selectBooleanCheckbox?
value
="#{name.editable}"
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="submit()"
/>
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</
h:column
>
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<
%--?
last?name?column?--%
>
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<
h:column
>
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<
h:inputText?
value
='#{name.last}'
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rendered
='#{name.editable}'
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size
='10'/>
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<h:outputText?value
='#{name.last}'
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rendered
='#{not?
name.editable}'
/>
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</
h:column
>
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</
h:dataTable
>
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<
p
>
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<
h:commandButton?
value
="#{msgs.saveChangesButtonText}"
/>
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事實上，h:dataTable不是直接操作集合對象的，而是通過Table Models來實現的。所以我們可以通過getWrappedData()和setWrappedData（）來實現對modle中對象的操作，比如下面的一個方法：
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public
?String?deleteNames()?
{
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if
?(
!
getAnyNamesMarkedForDeletion())
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return
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null
;
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????Name[]?currentNames?
=
?(Name[])?model.getWrappedData();
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????Name[]?newNames?
=
?
new
?Name[currentNames.length?
-
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????????getNumberOfNamesMarkedForDeletion()];
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for
(
int
?i
=
?
0
,?j?
=
?
0
;?i?
<
?currentNames.length;?
++
i)?
{
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????????Name?name?
=
?(Name)?currentNames[i];
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if
?(
!
name.isMarkedForDeletion())?
{
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????????????newNames[j
++
]?
=
?name;
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????model.setWrappedData(newNames);
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return
?
null
;
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}
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同時如果我們要對集合數據進行排序和過濾的話，我們必須通過繼承一種table model來實現。