Question

I want to restrict certain cells in a DataTable from editing. I mean those fields are not allowed to be edited. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Just don’t use <p:cellEditor> then.

<p:column>#{videoList.referenceFileName}</p:column> 

Note that the <f:facet name="output"> is specific to <p:cellEditor>. You should remove it as well. Alo note that <h:outputText> is not necessary if you don’t need to use any specific attributes on it.