Java – how to get the selected row index in JSF datatable?

I'm at index There is a database on XHTML

<h:dataTable style="border: solid 2px black;"
    value="#{IndexBean.bookList}" var="item"
    binding="#{IndexBean.datatableBooks}">

    <h:column>
        <h:commandButton value="Edit" actionListener="#{IndexBean.editBook}">
            <f:param name="index" value="#{IndexBean.datatableBooks.rowIndex}"/>
        </h:commandButton>
    </h:column>
</h:dataTable>

My beans

@ManagedBean(name="IndexBean")
@ViewScoped
public class IndexBean implements Serializable {
    private HtmlDataTable datatableBooks;

    public HtmlDataTable getDatatableBooks() {
        return datatableBooks;
    }

    public void setDatatableBooks(HtmlDataTable datatableBooks) {
        this.datatableBooks = datatableBooks;
    }

    public void editBook() throws IOException{
        int index = Integer.parseInt(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestParameterMap().get("index").toString());
        System.out.println(index);
    }
}

My problem is that even if I click different edit buttons, I always get the same index in the server log Suppose a collection is provided to datatable I didn't show it in the beans

If I change the scope from viewscope to requestscope, it will work properly@ What's wrong with viewscoped? Thanks in advance:)

Edit:

<h:column>
    <h:commandButton value="Edit" actionListener="#{IndexBean.editBook}" />
</h:column>

public void editBook(ActionEvent ev) throws IOException{
    if (ev.getSource() != null && ev.getSource() instanceof HtmlDataTable) {
        HtmlDataTable objHtmlDataTable = (HtmlDataTable) ev.getSource();
        System.out.println(objHtmlDataTable.getRowIndex());
    }
}

Solution

You have bound the < H: datatable > component to the bean All you need to do is:

public void editBook() throws IOException{
    int index = datatableBooks.getRowIndex(); // Actually not interesting info.
    Book book = (Book) datatableBooks.getRowData(); // This is what you want.
}

< F: param > it's not necessary here See this article for more tips

Update: I can reproduce your problem This may be an @ viewscoped error When the bean is set to @ requestscoped, it works as expected In addition, it works when you delete the component binding and get the component from viewroot itself I have submitted issue 1658 this