Filtering data in a JSF dataTable

[Iori Yagami]

I'll explain my problem with an example.
I have a bean Person (name, age, address).
I have a query whose the results in List.
I want to display that List in dataTable.

I know how to use dataTable to show simple List. But in my case, the getList is parametrized by the query. I want to use this dataTable to display all the person whose the age is under 15, for example, or whose the name begins with "n" etc...

Do anyone know some best practices to do that?

thanks

[renato]

if you want display only age under 15, put one condition. For example:

...
//in line of table
<h:outputText value="#{bean.age}" rendered="#{bean.age < 15}" />
...

i think that this way is correct!