[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-6939?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.... ] James Perkins commented on WFLY-6939: ------------------------------------- An import is indeed needed. The spec states {quote} 3. Except for classes with java.lang.* package names, a class has to be explicitly imported before its static fields or methods can be referenced. {quote} The spec doesn't state anything about inner classes however. Looking at the {{javax.el.ImportHandler}} however shows that using inner classes will not work. {code:java} private Class<?> getClassFor(String className) { if (!notAClass.contains(className)) { try { return Class.forName(className, false, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { notAClass.add(className); } } return null; } {code} The class name would have to look something like {{org.jboss.example.Constants$Inner}} which cannot be imported so the inner class object would fail to be instantiated by he {{ImportHandler.getClassFor(String)}}. In other words constants and enums needs to be imported and be top-level classes. This should be working correctly as of WildFly 10.1.0.Final. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.2.3#72005)