DataTables JEE

filtering.java

	private boolean filter(String sSearch, List<Object> list) {
		if (sSearch.equals("")) {
			return true;
		}
		return list.toString().contains(sSearch);
	}
...
        List<List<Object>> filteredList = new ArrayList<List<Object>>();
        
        for (int i = 0; i < myList.size(); i++) {
    		if (filter(sSearch, myList.get(i))) {
    			filteredList.add(myList.get(i));
    		}
        }
        
        Collections.sort(filteredList, new Comparator<List<Object>>() {
			@Override
			public int compare(List<Object> o1, List<Object> o2) {
				if (sSortDir_0) {
				    return o1.get(iSortCol_0).toString().compareTo(o2.get(iSortCol_0).toString());
				} else {
				    return o2.get(iSortCol_0).toString().compareTo(o1.get(iSortCol_0).toString());
				}
			}
        });

        List<List<Object>> selectedList = new ArrayList<List<Object>>();
        
        for (int i = iDisplayStart; i < iDisplayStart + iDisplayLength; i++) {
        	if (i < filteredList.size()) {
        		if (filter(sSearch, filteredList.get(i))) {
        			selectedList.add(filteredList.get(i));
        		}
        	}
        }

init.java

	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
		int iDisplayStart = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("iDisplayStart"));
		int iDisplayLength = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("iDisplayLength"));
		String sSearch = request.getParameter("sSearch");
		
		final int iSortCol_0 = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("iSortCol_0"));
		final boolean sSortDir_0 = request.getParameter("sSortDir_0").equals("asc");

instantiate.js

			$(document).ready(function() {
				$('#example').dataTable( {
					"bProcessing": true,
					"bServerSide": true,
					"bPaginate": true, 
					"sAjaxSource": "datatablesjee"
				} );
			} );

result.java

	ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

        result.put("iTotalRecords", myList.size());
        result.put("iTotalDisplayRecords", filteredList.size());
        result.put("aaData", selectedList);

        mapper.writeValue(response.getOutputStream(), result);