PrimeFaces lazydatamodel load method not called - jsf-2

Question

I happen not to understand why my load method is not called in a lazydatamodel of my primefaces table. My xhtml page goes like this
<h:form id="myForm">
<p:dataTable value="#{myBean.configDataModel}"
id="configTable" var="config" paginator="true" rows="10"
selectionMode="single"
paginatorTemplate="{CurrentPageReport} {FirstPageLink} {PreviousPageLink} {PageLinks} {NextPageLink} {LastPageLink} {RowsPerPageDropdown}"
rowsPerPageTemplate="5,10,20">
.
.
</h:form>
My Bean code goes like this and put up system.out.println statements but I notice it isn't called.
public class MyBean{
// private List<MyBean> configList;
private LazyDataModel<MyBean> configDataModel;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public LazyDataModel<MyBean> getConfigDataModel() {
if (configDataModel == null) {
configDataModel = new LazyDataModel<MyBean>() {
#Override
public List<MyBean> load(int arg0, int arg1, String arg2,
SortOrder arg3, Map<String, String> arg4) {
System.out.println("Here!!!!!");
return null;
}
};
}
return configDataModel;
}
public void setConfigDataModel(LazyDataModel<MyBean> configDataModel) {
this.configDataModel = configDataModel;
}
}
What could be the cause?

Answer 1

Since PrimeFaces 3.3, you'd need to explicitly set the lazy attribute of the repeating component to true in order to enable the support for LazyDataModel.
<p:dataTable ... lazy="true">
See also:
PrimeFaces showcase - DataTable - Lazy Loading

Answer 2

If you are IE, be sure to check which so-called "compatibility mode" it is quirking in. I have had very annoying problems with lazy datatable failing to call its load method after I typed text into the filter field. After much wasted time, I eventually realized that the browser was running in default mode 7. Datatable lazy load works for modes 8, 9, 10
If your lazy datatable is in a dialog, then be sure to place the dialog within the form, otherwise, typing values into a filter field will not submit to the load method.