DataTable - Filtering

<h:form>

    <p:dataTable id="dataTable" var="car" value="#{tableBean.carsSmall}" widgetVar="carsTable" 
            emptyMessage="No cars found with given criteria" filteredValue="#{tableBean.filteredCars}">

         <f:facet name="header">
            <p:outputPanel>
                <h:outputText value="Search all fields:" />
                <p:inputText id="globalFilter" onkeyup="carsTable.filter()" style="width:150px" />
            </p:outputPanel>
        </f:facet>

        <p:column id="modelColumn" filterBy="model" 
                headerText="Model" footerText="contains"
                filterMatchMode="contains">
            <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" />
        </p:column>

        <p:column id="yearColumn" filterBy="year"
                headerText="Year" footerText="startsWith">
            <h:outputText value="#{car.year}" />
        </p:column>

        <p:column id="manufacturerColumn" filterBy="manufacturer" 
                headerText="Manufacturer" footerText="exact"
                filterOptions="#{tableBean.manufacturerOptions}"
                filterMatchMode="exact">
            <h:outputText value="#{car.manufacturer}" />
        </p:column>

        <p:column id="colorColumn" filterBy="color"
                headerText="Color" footerText="endsWith" filterMatchMode="endsWith">
            <h:outputText value="#{car.color}" />
        </p:column>
    </p:dataTable>
    
</h:form>
                    

package org.primefaces.examples.view;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;

import org.primefaces.examples.domain.Car;

public class TableBean implements Serializable {

	static {
		colors = new String[10];
		colors[0] = "Black";
		colors[1] = "White";
		colors[2] = "Green";
		colors[3] = "Red";
		colors[4] = "Blue";
		colors[5] = "Orange";
		colors[6] = "Silver";
		colors[7] = "Yellow";
		colors[8] = "Brown";
		colors[9] = "Maroon";

		manufacturers = new String[10];
		manufacturers[0] = "Mercedes";
		manufacturers[1] = "BMW";
		manufacturers[2] = "Volvo";
		manufacturers[3] = "Audi";
		manufacturers[4] = "Renault";
		manufacturers[5] = "Opel";
		manufacturers[6] = "Volkswagen";
		manufacturers[7] = "Chrysler";
		manufacturers[8] = "Ferrari";
		manufacturers[9] = "Ford";
	}

    private final static String[] colors;

	private final static String[] manufacturers;

    private SelectItem[] manufacturerOptions;

    private List<Car> filteredCars;

	private List<Car> carsSmall;

	public TableBean() {
		carsSmall = new ArrayList<Car>();

		populateRandomCars(carsSmall, 9);
        manufacturerOptions = createFilterOptions(manufacturers);
	}

	private void populateRandomCars(List<Car> list, int size) {
		for(int i = 0 ; i < size ; i++)
			list.add(new Car(getRandomModel(), getRandomYear(), getRandomManufacturer(), getRandomColor()));
	}

    public List<Car> getFilteredCars() {
        return filteredCars;
    }

    public void setFilteredCars(List<Car> filteredCars) {
        this.filteredCars = filteredCars;
    }

	public List<Car> getCarsSmall() {
		return carsSmall;
	}

	private int getRandomYear() {
		return (int) (Math.random() * 50 + 1960);
	}

	private String getRandomColor() {
		return colors[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
	}

	private String getRandomManufacturer() {
		return manufacturers[(int) (Math.random() * 10)];
	}

	private String getRandomModel() {
		return UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
	}

    private SelectItem[] createFilterOptions(String[] data)  {
        SelectItem[] options = new SelectItem[data.length + 1];

        options[0] = new SelectItem("", "Select");
        for(int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            options[i + 1] = new SelectItem(data[i], data[i]);
        }

        return options;
    }

    public SelectItem[] getManufacturerOptions() {
        return manufacturerOptions;
    }
}