[jsr-314-open] EL property accessor name Forgiveness / Flexibility

[Lincoln Baxter, III]

I just ran across this when using the Builder pattern in some Pojos --
each setter returns the current instance of the pojo to allow for
chaining set-statements:

Pojo pojo = pojo.setName("name").setValue(23);

With setters implemented like so:

    public Project setName(final String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
        return this;
    }

But JSF complains:
javax.servlet.ServletException:
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /faces/page.xhtml @36,20
value="#{pageBean.pojo.name}": Property 'name' not writable on type
java.lang.String

It seems to me that this is a slightly harsh restriction. Is there
anything we can/should do about this? Does anyone else feel it's worth
mentioning?

The obvious answer is to use dumb getter/setter methods, but in some
cases that can be restrictive, and I like the idea of being more
forgiving.

Thoughts?

--Lincoln
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