Not using ADF bindings but wanted to have a sortable table? This post is for you.
I am glad to share a sortable CollectionModel implementation that is so elegantly simple. :)
This model supports filtering as well but the im-memory filtering concept based on groovy will be discussed on a subsequent post.
package soadev.ext.trinidad.model;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;

Did you ever wonder what the trinidad CollectionModel is good for? Well, I did.
According to the docs...
10.2 Displaying Data in Tables 
The table component uses a CollectionModel class to access the data in the underlying collection. This class extends the JSF DataModel class and adds on support for row keys and sorting. In the DataModel class, rows are identified entirely by index. This can

In this post, I will describe how to work with simple tables without a binding layer in Oracle ADF Faces 11g RC.

Summary:
Create a backing bean
Drop a component to the page
How to add new row
Managed row selection
Handling selection events
Create a backing bean//package and import statements
public class TableForm {
private List jobList;
private RichTable jobTable;