Apply Filter on af:table column programmatically ,Invoke 'FilterableQueryDescriptor' through managed bean

Hello All
This tutorial is about a requirement of filtering af:table column through code,
to achieve this we can invoke FilterableQueryDescriptor (FilterableQueryDescriptor is an abstract subclass of QueryDescriptor. It adds support for filtering of data and is typically used by the table component to filter data from a query )

Suppose i have department table and i have to filter on department column-

• Create a Fusion Web Application and business components for Departments (HR Schema) table
• now drag table on page and bind it to bean

• Now drop a input text and button on page to enter Department Name
• bind input text to bean and create ActionListener on button to filter Department Table

See XML source of Page-

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="2.1" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
          xmlns:af="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/faces/rich">
    <jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/>
    <f:view>
        <af:document title="filterPage.jspx" id="d1">
            <af:messages id="m1"/>
            <af:form id="f1">
                <af:inputText label="Department Name" id="it5"
                              binding="#{pageFlowScope.FilterProgrammaticBean.deptNmBind}"/>
                <af:commandButton text="Filter" id="cb1"
                                  actionListener="#{pageFlowScope.FilterProgrammaticBean.filterTableAction}"/>
                <af:table value="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.collectionModel}" var="row"
                          rows="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.rangeSize}"
                          emptyText="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.viewable ? 'No data to display.' : 'Access Denied.'}"
                          fetchSize="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.rangeSize}" rowBandingInterval="1"
                          selectedRowKeys="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.collectionModel.selectedRow}"
                          selectionListener="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.collectionModel.makeCurrent}"
                          rowSelection="single" id="t1" styleClass="AFStretchWidth"
                          binding="#{pageFlowScope.FilterProgrammaticBean.deptTabBind}"
                          filterModel="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1Query.queryDescriptor}"
                          queryListener="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1Query.processQuery}" filterVisible="true"
                          varStatus="vs">
                    <af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.name}" sortable="true"
                               headerText="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.label}" id="c1"
                               filterable="true">
                        <af:inputText value="#{row.bindings.DepartmentId.inputValue}"
                                      label="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.label}"
                                      required="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.mandatory}"
                                      columns="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.displayWidth}"
                                      maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.precision}"
                                      shortDesc="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.tooltip}" id="it1"
                                      readOnly="true">
                            <f:validator binding="#{row.bindings.DepartmentId.validator}"/>
                            <af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
                                              pattern="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentId.format}"/>
                        </af:inputText>
                    </af:column>
                    <af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.name}" sortable="true"
                               headerText="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.label}" id="c2"
                               filterable="true">
                        <af:inputText value="#{row.bindings.DepartmentName.inputValue}"
                                      label="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.label}"
                                      required="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.mandatory}"
                                      columns="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.displayWidth}"
                                      maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.precision}"
                                      shortDesc="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.DepartmentName.tooltip}" id="it2"
                                      readOnly="true">
                            <f:validator binding="#{row.bindings.DepartmentName.validator}"/>
                        </af:inputText>
                    </af:column>
                    <af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.name}" sortable="true"
                               headerText="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.label}" id="c3"
                               filterable="true">
                        <af:inputText value="#{row.bindings.ManagerId.inputValue}"
                                      label="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.label}"
                                      required="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.mandatory}"
                                      columns="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.displayWidth}"
                                      maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.precision}"
                                      shortDesc="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.tooltip}" id="it3"
                                      readOnly="true">
                            <f:validator binding="#{row.bindings.ManagerId.validator}"/>
                            <af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
                                              pattern="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.ManagerId.format}"/>
                        </af:inputText>
                    </af:column>
                    <af:column sortProperty="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.name}" sortable="true"
                               headerText="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.label}" id="c4"
                               filterable="true">
                        <af:inputText value="#{row.bindings.LocationId.inputValue}"
                                      label="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.label}"
                                      required="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.mandatory}"
                                      columns="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.displayWidth}"
                                      maximumLength="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.precision}"
                                      shortDesc="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.tooltip}" id="it4"
                                      readOnly="true">
                            <f:validator binding="#{row.bindings.LocationId.validator}"/>
                            <af:convertNumber groupingUsed="false"
                                              pattern="#{bindings.DepartmentsView1.hints.LocationId.format}"/>
                        </af:inputText>
                    </af:column>
                </af:table>
            </af:form>
        </af:document>
    </f:view>
</jsp:root>

Managed Bean Code-

package filter.view;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;

import oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.data.RichTable;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.component.rich.input.RichInputText;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.context.AdfFacesContext;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.event.QueryEvent;
import oracle.adf.view.rich.model.FilterableQueryDescriptor;


public class FilterProgrammaticBean {
    private RichInputText deptNmBind;
    private RichTable deptTabBind;

    public FilterProgrammaticBean() {
    }

    public void setDeptNmBind(RichInputText deptNmBind) {
        this.deptNmBind = deptNmBind;
    }

    public RichInputText getDeptNmBind() {
        return deptNmBind;
    }

    public void setDeptTabBind(RichTable deptTabBind) {
        this.deptTabBind = deptTabBind;
    }

    public RichTable getDeptTabBind() {
        return deptTabBind;
    }

    /**Method to invoke FilterableQueryDescriptor and Filter Department table
     * @param actionEvent
     */
    public void filterTableAction(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        RichTable tbl = this.getDeptTabBind();
        FilterableQueryDescriptor filterQD = (FilterableQueryDescriptor)tbl.getFilterModel();
        Map filterCriteria = filterQD.getFilterCriteria();
        filterCriteria.put("DepartmentName", deptNmBind.getValue());
        getDeptTabBind().queueEvent(new QueryEvent(getDeptTabBind(), filterQD));
        AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(this.getDeptTabBind());
    }
}

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