How do I access an ice:dataTable's varStatus, an ice:dataPaginator's firstRowIndexVar? Where are they?

Question

How can I access the varStatus variable and the firstRowIndexVar variable programmatically? I couldn't find them in the request parameters. I'd even be happy just to inspect them in the debugger.

Thanks, Eli

Answer 1

They are not part of the request parameters. They are part of the JSF component tree in the server side. Start with FacesContext#getViewRoot(). To ease debugging, consider binding the component to a backing bean using binding attribute. E.g.

<ice:dataTable binding="#{bean.dataTable}">

with

public class Bean {
    private UIData dataTable;
    // ...
}