dataTable and radio button in JSF

Scenerio: Wanted to render the same radio button group for all rows in the table so that only one button can be selected at a time.  There seem to be no easy solution to that simple problem!

Reason: The above plan apparently doesn’t work, because <h:selectOneRadio> renders an HTML “table” by itself, and that “messes up” the other “table” that the <h:dataTable> tag renders.

Solution:  One work around would be to use TomaHawk but instead of mixing two JSF implementations I went ahead to use command link.

2nd Soulution:  The key to getting this to work is to define the selectOneRadio component outside of the table. Then by setting the layout attribute to spread and using the ice:radio components inside the dataTable it gives you the rough layout/functionality.

<h2>Main Page</h2>
<ice:form>
 <ice:panelGroup id="tablePanel">

 <ice:selectOneRadio id="trainingClassRadio"
 value="#{testBean.selectedClass}"
 partialSubmit="true"
 valueChangeListener="#{testBean.radioChanged}"
 layout="spread">
 <f:selectItems value="#{testBean.radioItems}"/>
 </ice:selectOneRadio>

 <ice:dataTable var="class" value="#{testBean.trainingClassList}"
 varStatus="classStatus">
 <ice:column>
 <f:facet name="header">
 <ice:outputText value=""/>
 </f:facet>
 <ice:radio for="trainingClassRadio"
 index="#{classStatus.index}"/>
 </ice:column>

 <ice:column>
 <f:facet name="header">
 <ice:outputText value="Class Name"/>
 </f:facet>
 <ice:outputText value="#{class.className}"/>
 </ice:column>
 <ice:column>
 <f:facet name="header">
 <ice:outputText value="Class Number"/>
 </f:facet>
 <ice:outputText value="#{class.classNum}"/>
 </ice:column>
 <ice:column>
 <f:facet name="header">
 <ice:outputText value="Class Description"/>
 </f:facet>
 <ice:outputText value="#{class.classDesc}"/>
 </ice:column>
 </ice:dataTable>
 </ice:panelGroup>

 <ice:panelGrid columns="2">
 <ice:outputText value="Selected Row - Class Name:"/>
 <ice:outputText value="#{testBean.selectedTraining.className}"/>
 <ice:outputText value="Selected Row - Class Number:"/>
 <ice:outputText value="#{testBean.selectedTraining.classNum}"/>
 <ice:outputText value="Selected Row - Class Description"/>
 <ice:outputText value="#{testBean.selectedTraining.classDesc}"/>
 </ice:panelGrid>

 </ice:form>