[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-12231) [CDK] EL empty method doesn't work for Collection

[CDK] EL empty method doesn't work for Collection ------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-12231 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-12231 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: cdk Affects Versions: 4.2.1.Final Environment: All Reporter: Paul Dijou Priority: Critical Labels: cdk, richfaces Fix For: 4.3.0.Milestone1 Let's say I want to test if a component doesn't have any children. I write thise code : {code:xml} <c:if test="#{empty(component.getChildren())}">No children!</c:if> {code} Seems logic, right? If the List is empty, then it means there is no children. The generated Java code is the following : {code:java} if (isEmpty(component.getChildren())) { responseWriter.writeText("No children!",null); } {code} And the "isEmpty" method : {code:java} private static boolean isEmpty(Object object) { return object == null || object.toString().length() == 0; } {code} This method will *always* returns {{false}}, even if the list is empty. Why? Because the list will not be null and an empty list toString() renders "{{[]}}", so "{{object.toString().length()}}" will be eval to "2", which is different from "0". So based on these test, the component will *always* have children. The "isEmpty" method should adapt its test depending on the type of object. It's an instance of Collection, calling "isEmpty()" is probably better.