EB> https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1782 EB> The proposed solution is to enhance the composite component metadata EB> specification to include information about the list of composite EB> component attributes for which default attribute values have been EB> declared. EB> This information is used in the Facelets tag layer in the code that EB> installs the ValueExpression for any child attributes in the using page. EB> In this case, the MetadataHandler manually removes the attribute from EB> the attributes map if there is a ValueExpression for an attribute for EB> which there also is a composite component attribute. EB> SECTION: Modified Files EB> ---------------------------- EB> M Spec section 3.6.2.1 Composite Component Metadata EB> Add a new paragraph at the end of the section, which would fall under EB> the bullet that describes the runtime representation of the EB> <cc:attribute> element. EB> The composite component BeanDescriptior must return a EB> Collection<String> when its getValue() method is called with an EB> argument equal to the value of the symbolic constant EB> UIComponent.ATTRS_WITH_DECLARED_DEFAULT_VALUES. The EB> Collection<String> must contain the names of any <cc:attribute> EB> elements for which the default attribute was specified, or null, if EB> none of the attributes have been given a default value. I have committed this change. Ed -- | edward.burns(a)oracle.com | office: +1 407 458 0017 | homepage: | http://ridingthecrest.com/ | 9 work days until JSF 2.1 Milestone 5