Clear af:table filter programmaticallty , reset table filter in 12C (ADF)

Code to reset or clear af:table filter- here searchTabBind is the binding of af:table

    /**
     * method to reset filter attributes on an af:table
     * @param actionEvent event which triggers the method
     */
    public void resetTableFilterAction(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        FilterableQueryDescriptor queryDescriptor = (FilterableQueryDescriptor) getSearchTabBind().getFilterModel();
        if (queryDescriptor != null && queryDescriptor.getFilterConjunctionCriterion() != null) {
            ConjunctionCriterion cc = queryDescriptor.getFilterConjunctionCriterion();
            List<Criterion> lc = cc.getCriterionList();
            for (Criterion c : lc) {
                if (c instanceof AttributeCriterion) {
                    AttributeCriterion ac = (AttributeCriterion) c;
                    ac.setValue(null);
                }
            }
            getSearchTabBind().queueEvent(new QueryEvent(getSearchTabBind(), queryDescriptor));
        }
    }

use this method on any button or link to clear af:table filter