ELException when using { in string literal ------------------------------------------ Key: WFLY-3350 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-3350 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: JSF Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Final Environment: WildFly 8.0.0 Final Reporter: Bauke Scholtz Assignee: Farah Juma When using { in string literal in an EL expression in a Facelet like below {code} #{'blah blah {0} blah blah'} {code} WildFly 8.0.0 Final throws the following EL exception: {code} javax.el.ELException: EL Expression Unbalanced: ... #{'blah blah {0} blah blah'} at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.ELText.findVarLength(ELText.java:476) at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.ELText.parse(ELText.java:396) at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.ELText.parse(ELText.java:342) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.TextUnit.flushTextBuffer(TextUnit.java:139) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.TextUnit.flushBufferToConfig(TextUnit.java:257) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.TextUnit.addChild(TextUnit.java:248) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.CompilationManager.startUnit(CompilationManager.java:418) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.CompilationManager.pushTag(CompilationManager.java:308) at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.SAXCompiler$CompilationHandler.startElement(SAXCompiler.java:266) ... {code} This EL construct has worked for ages in all other major servers such as JBoss AS, EAP, Tomcat, TomEE, GlassFish, WebSphere/Liberty, Geronimo, etc. We discovered this problem when testing all pages of OmniFaces Showcase (currently deployed to JBoss EAP 6.2 at OpenShift) on WildFly 8.0.0 Final. The following showcase page http://showcase.omnifaces.org/functions/Strings failed at WildFly with this exception.