I was facing the same problem and also realized that the EL enhancements are not for value binding - which raises the question: wouldn't those EL enhancement be very useful for value bindings as well? As an example: | <f:selectItems value="#{aReferenceDataManager.getSomeReferenceData('state')}" /> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990494#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...