The Data Table Tag–h:dataTable, Simple Table, Headers and Footers, and Captions,

The Data Table Tag–h:dataTable

• The h:dataTable tag iterates over data to create an HTML table.
• The value attribute represents the data over which h:dataTable iterates; that data must be one of the following:
• A Java object
• An array
• An instance of java.util.List
• An instance of java.sql.ResultSet
• An instance of javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.sql.Result
• An instance of javax.faces.model.DataModel
• The name of the item is specified with h:dataTable’s var attribute. 
• The body of h:dataTable tags can contain only h:column tags;
• h:dataTable ignores all other component tags.
• Each column can contain an unlimited number of components. (as well as optional headers, footers…)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Headers, Footers, and Captions:

• To supply a table caption, add a caption facet, like this:
• Example:
  
  
  
• You can use captionStyle and captionClass to specify a style or CSS class, respectively, for the caption:
• Example:
  

Style:

• h:dataTable has attributes that specify CSS classes for the following:
• The table as a whole (styleClass)
• Column headers and footers (headerClass and footerClass)
• Individual columns (columnClasses)
• Individual rows (rowClasses)
• Example of Styles by Column:
  
• Example of Styles by Row:
  

Example of Simple Table:

Step - 01: Create a simple bean.

Step - 02: Create managed bean.

Step - 03: Create XHTML page.

Step - 04: Output.