ADF Basics: Reorder ADF table column using DisplayIndex property

This post is about a very simple use case that is reordering of af:table column at run time. 

Ordering of columns in af:table is controlled by DisplayIndex property of af:column
Check what docs says-

Default Value: -1

The display order index of the column. Columns can be re-arranged and they are displayed in the table based on the displayIndex. Columns are sorted based on the displayIndex property, columns without displayIndex are displayed at the end, in the order in which they appear. The displayIndex attribute is honored only for top level columns, since it is not possible to rearrange a child column outside of the parent column.
Not supported on the following renderkits: org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.core

We can set DisplayIndex property for all columns in a sequence (1,2,3 etc) that we want to see on page

Using HashMap in EL expression to set component properties in Oracle ADF

Basic requirement while using EL on pages in ADF, we use bean variables, binding attributes, iterators in expression to check conditions , to set properties for components as Enable-Disable, Visible, inline style etc.
in the same way we can use collections (Array, HashMap) in expression, i know it is pretty simple but have seen many thread in OTN asking how to use HashMap in expression

So here i am taking a very simple example



I have 5 input text on page and i have to enable-disable some fields based on it's id value, there is two buttons on page

as you can see on click of first button , input field 1,3 and 5 should be disabled and on click of second button af:inputText 2 and 4 should be disabled
so for this purpose i have used a HashMap in managed bean

    private HashMap fieldVal = new HashMap();

    public void setFieldVal(HashMap fieldVal) {
        this.fieldVal = fieldVal;
    }

    public HashMap getFieldVal() {
        return fieldVal;
    }

values in HashMap are populated using id value of inputTexts on page as key, this id will be passed as parameter in HashMap in expression
see how expression used in disabled property of inputText-

in same way expression for all inputText is set

<af:panelFormLayout id="pfl1" partialTriggers="b1 b2">
                    <af:inputText label="Label 1" id="it1" disabled="#{EnableDisableBean.fieldVal['it1']}"/>
                    <af:inputText label="Label 2" id="it2"
                                  disabled="#{requestScope.EnableDisableBean.fieldVal['it2']}"/>
                    <af:inputText label="Label 3" id="it3"
                                  disabled="#{requestScope.EnableDisableBean.fieldVal['it3']}"/>
                    <af:inputText label="Label 4" id="it4"
                                  disabled="#{requestScope.EnableDisableBean.fieldVal['it4']}"/>
                    <af:inputText label="Label 5" id="it5" autoSubmit="true"
                                  disabled="#{requestScope.EnableDisableBean.fieldVal['it5']}"/>
                </af:panelFormLayout>

now see code on buttons, simply setting values against key

    /**Method to disable inputText (1,3,5) on basis of id value
     * @param actionEvent
     */
    public void disable135Action(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        fieldVal.put("it1", true);
        fieldVal.put("it2", false);
        fieldVal.put("it3", true);
        fieldVal.put("it4", false);
        fieldVal.put("it5", true);

    }

    /**Method to disable inputText (2,4) on basis of id value
     * @param actionEvent
     */
    public void disable24Action(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
        fieldVal.put("it1", false);
        fieldVal.put("it2", true);
        fieldVal.put("it3", false);
        fieldVal.put("it4", true);
        fieldVal.put("it5", false);
    }

Run Application and see what is on page
On Click of First Button

On Click of Second Button

Thanks
Happy learning :)