Dynamically change CSS style of cell in <h:dataTable> column

Question

how to calculate cell values of B column and how to change their css style dynamically

my java object :

public class MyObject{
   private Date date;
   private int A;
   private int C;

   //Getters & Setters
}

my managed bean :

public class MyBean(){
    List<MyObject> List = myObjectDao.FindAll();

    //Getters & Setters
}

my jsf code :

<p:dataTable id="idList" var="list" value="#{myBean.list}" >
    <p:column headerText="DATE">
        <h:outputText value="#{list.date}"  />
    </p:column>
        <p:column headerText="A">
        <h:outputText value="#{list.A}"  />
    </p:column>
        <p:column headerText="B">
        <h:outputText value="????????" style="???????"  //>
    </p:column>
        <p:column headerText="C">
        <h:outputText value="#{list.C} />
    </p:column>
</p:dataTable> 

Answer 1

You can just use the conditional operator ?: in EL.

E.g.

<c:set var="B" value="#{(list.A / list.C) * 100}" />
<h:outputText value="#{B}" style="display: block; background-color: #{B lt 50 ? 'red' : (B lt 90 ? 'blue' : 'green')}" />

If B is also used elsewhere in the model or controller, then you could add a public int getB() method which just contains return (A/C) * 100; and then use #{list.B} instead of #{B}.

Note that proper design is to use a CSS class instead. E.g.

<h:outputText value="#{B}" styleClass="percentage #{B lt 50 ? 'poor' : (B lt 90 ? 'average' : 'good')}" />

with

td .percentage {
    display: block;
}

.percentage.poor {
    background-color: red;
}

.percentage.average {
    background-color: blue;
}

.percentage.good {
    background-color: green;
}

You can of course also perform the determination of CSS style/class in a getter method as suggested by the other answer, but that's a poor separation of concerns.

Answer 2

I would recommend doing the logic within your MyObject class

So I would call it in JSF like this:

<p:column headerText="B">
    <h:outputText value="#{list.calculateB()}" styleClass="list.createLabel()">
</p:column>

Inside MyObject

public double calculateB() {
   return (A/C)*100;
}


public String createLabel() {
   if(calculateB() > 90) {
       return "GREEN";
   //DO YOUR LOGIC

}

in CSS

.GREEN {
background-color: #00FF00 !important;

}