Using Facets
Some component types use
facets. A
facet is different from a regular child
component in that it has a special purpose, specified by its name,
but any component type can be used as a facet. In a JSP page, a facet
is represented by the
<f:facet> element. The
<h:column> action supports two facets:
header and footer. The
<h:dataTable> action renders the
header facet as a column header and, as
you’ve probably guessed, it renders the
footer facet as a column footer. You can specify
header and footer facets for
the table itself using <f:facet> elements as
direct children of the <h:dataTable>
element. It renders the table header and footer as rows with a single
column spanning the whole table before and after the real table data.
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