Primefaces - how to get the column of a CellEditEvent

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I am using primefaces 4. I am using an editable table and when I edit a cell, a listener method is called passing a CellEditEvent Like this ``` public void onCellEdit(CellEditEvent event) { /* * The rowIndex here can be changed according to the sorting/filtering. * FilteredData starts as null, but primefaces initializes it, so you * don't have to check for NPE here */ int alteredRow = event.getRowIndex(); UIColumn o = event.getColumn(); System.out.println(this.filteredData.get(event.getRowIndex()).get(columns.get(0))); } ``` So far, so good. The event has a getRowIndex() But it does not have a getColumnIndex(). Instead, it has a getColumn() method that returns a UIColumn object. The problem is, while debugging, I could not find a way to get any column information (name, id, etc) I can hack the column to have some unique ID like this ```

Accepted Answer

You can get the column by referring back to the column header that you passed.

In bean you could do this:

```
public void onCellEdit(CellEditEvent event) {

int alteredRow = event.getRowIndex();
String column_name;
column_name=event.getColumn().getHeaderText();

// now you can use this to identify the column we are working on.

}
```

Using getColumnId() or getColumnKey() returns the column Id but with primefaces code added to it - making it difficult to work with.

Primefaces - how to get the column of a CellEditEvent

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