jsf - PrimeFaces DataTable CellEdit get entity/object -

i have datatable displays various entities based on list<>. when select cell editing want able entity somehow in order update it. of course there event.getrowindex, can use list<>, not convenient. there perhaps way entity celleditevent?

one way programmatically el-evaluate current <p:datatable var>.

given a

<p:datatable value="#{bean.entities}" var="entity"> 

you follows

public void oncelledit(celleditevent event) {     facescontext context = facescontext.getcurrentinstance();     entity entity = context.getapplication().evaluateexpressionget(context, "#{entity}", entity.class);     // ... } 

another way, if you're not interested in celleditevent argument, override celleditevent argument altogether passing iterated entity argument instead:

<p:ajax event="celledit" listener="#{bean.oncelledit(entity)}" /> 

with

public void oncelledit(entity entity) {     // ... } 

please note cannot keep celleditevent , pass additional arguments. answer otherwise have been given.