Immediate EL syntax does not work with JSF 1.2 ---------------------------------------------- Key: AS7-3115 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-3115 Project: Application Server 7 Issue Type: Bug Components: Web Affects Versions: 7.1.0.Beta1b Reporter: Karel Piwko Assignee: Remy Maucherat Fix For: 7.1.0.Final Attachments: petclinic-hibernate4.zip Following code is broken for AS7, however it works on Tomcat 5 and Tomcat 6: {code:xml} <h2><c:if test="${owner.new}">New </c:if>Owner:</h2> {code} where Owner is a POJO/Hibernate Entity and isNew() boolean is available on its ancestor. Failure: {code} org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/ownerForm.jsp(4,4) "${owner.new}" contains invalid expression(s): javax.el.ELException: Failed to parse the expression [${owner.new}] org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:198) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:1216) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:862) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1530) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2377) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2427) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2433) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:495) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2377) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateExDirectives(Validator.java:1793) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:211) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:360) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:340) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:327) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:607) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:312) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:326) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:253) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238) org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1157) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:927) org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:827) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:734) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) {code} Note that deferred syntax #{owner.new} works correctly there.