java - Vaadin 8.5.1- Refresh grid after row update

Question

I am using Vaadin 8.5.1 Grid to display 1000's of rows. Once a row is updated with change in it property, I use grid.getDataProvider().refreshItem(selectedRow) or grid.getDataProvider().refreshAll() which fails to update the row.

I need to do explicit grid.setItems() to see the updated property of the row.

I am using below snippet to create a Grid

    msgGrid = new ABSMsgGrid();

    List<ConsoleEntry> messageEntryList = new ArrayList<>();
    if (inputConsole != null) {
        messageEntryList.addAll(inputConsole.getMessageEntryList());
    }

    msgGridDataProvider = new ListDataProvider<ConsoleEntry>(messageEntryList) {

        @Override
        public Object getId(ConsoleEntry item) {
            return item.getId();
        }
    };

    msgGrid.setDataProvider(msgGridDataProvider);



//on changing property of the grid row, i use the below snippet
private void handleHideRowMenuItem(GridContextMenu<ConsoleEntry> contextMenu, ConsoleEntry selectedConsoleItem) {
        if (!selectedConsoleItem.isHidden()) {
            hideRowMenuItem = contextMenu.addItem("Hide Row", VaadinIcons.EYE_SLASH, selectedMenuItem -> {
                    selectedConsoleItem.hide();
                    **msgGridDataProvider.refreshItem(selectedConsoleItem);**
                }
            });
        }
}

public class ConsoleEntry {

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            if (obj instanceof ConsoleEntry) {
                ConsoleEntry temp = (ConsoleEntry) obj;
                String msgRef2 = temp.getMsgRef();
                return this.getMsgRef().equalsIgnoreCase(msgRef2);
            }
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return super.hashCode();
        }

        public String getId(){
            return this.getMsgRef();
        }
}       

I have seen similar question but none of the solutions worked.

How to refresh the vaadin Grid after you change something?

Vaadin - Refresh grid after row modification

Appreciate if any one could share pointers on how to solve this problem

TIA

Answer 1

For a item to be seen as the same item, (and the refresh working) you need a corretly implemented equals() and hashCode() methods on the object.

From the documentation

public void refreshItem(T? item)

Description copied from interface: DataProvider

Refreshes the given item. This method should be used to inform all DataProviderListeners that an item has been updated or replaced with a new instance.

For this to work properly, the item must either implement

equals(?Object) and #hashCode() to consider both the old and the new item instances to be equal, or alternatively

DataProvider.?getId(?Object) should be implemented to return an appropriate identifier.

In addition to this, it's you should create a ListDataProvider, assign it to the grid and then do the updated via the same instance of the previously assigned ListDataProvider