javax.el.ImportHandler#importClass & #importPackage doesn't import WEB-INF/classes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-4023 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-4023 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: JSF Affects Versions: 8.1.0.Final Environment: Win7, Wildfly 8.1.0.Final Reporter: Patrick Garner Assignee: Farah Juma Original Estimate: 4 hours Remaining Estimate: 4 hours ImportHandler is not importing classes in WEB-INF/classes and, thus, developers are unable to import classes into the EL evaluation environment per EL 3.0 spec. section 1.22.2 "Imports of Packages, Classes, and Static Fields" Here's the ImportHandler relevant code (https://github.com/jboss/jboss-el-api_spec/blob/master/src/main/java/java...) private Class<?> getClassFor(String className) { if (!notAClass.contains(className)) { try { return Class.forName(className, false, getClass().getClassLoader()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { notAClass.add(className); } } return null; }