VRaptor3 + displayTag paging and sorting http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/11/tut_externalSortAndPage.html

DisplayTag.java

@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionType.RUNTIME)
public @interface DisplayTag {
    String value();
}

DisplayTagInterceptor.java

@Intercepts
@Lazy
public class DisplayTagInterceptor implements Interceptor {

    private MutableRequest request;

    public DisplayTagInterceptor(MutableRequest request) {
       this.request = request;
    }

    public boolean accepts(ResourceMethod method) {
       return method.containsAnnotation(DisplayTag.java);
    }

    public void intercept(InterceptorStack stack, ResourceMethod method, Object instance) 
                                                 throws InterceptionException {
        String tableId = method.getMethod().getAnnotation(DisplayTag.class).value();

        String sortParam = new ParamEncoder(tableId).encodeParameterName(TableTagParameters.PARAMETER_SORT));
        String orderParam = new ParamEncoder(tableId).encodeParameterName(TableTagParameters.PARAMETER_ORDER));
        String pageParam = new ParamEncoder(tableId).encodeParameterName(TableTagParameters.PARAMETER_PAGE));

        request.setParameter("sort", request.getParameter(sortParam));
        request.setParameter("order", request.getParameter(orderParam));
        request.setParameter("page", request.getParameter(pageParam));

        stack.next(method, instance);
    }
    
}

YourController.java

@Resource
public class YourController {

    //...
    @DisplayTag("myTableId")
    public void list(AnyParam param, Integer sort, Integer order, Integer page) {
       //....
    }
}