[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-2133) inline EL in component property value not properly detected

inline EL in component property value not properly detected ----------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-2133 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2133 Project: Seam Issue Type: Bug Components: Core Affects Versions: 2.0.0.CR2 Reporter: Dan Allen Assignee: Dan Allen Fix For: The future Attachments: JBSEAM-2133-v1.txt Currently, the EL notation in a property is only being evaluated if the property starts with "#{". There are two problems with this assumption. 1. Inline EL can only be used if the property starts with an expression (i.e. <property name="message">#{applicationName} is a cool application</property>) 2. There is no way to escape EL so that is is evaluated by the property accepting the string (rather than when the value is assigned). The correct behavior would be to treat the property value as a value expression if it CONTAINS "#{". The benefits are two fold: 1. A property value can use inline EL that is evaluated when the property value is set (see above) 2. The resolved value of the property can be EL (delayed EL) that is to be interpreted by the component as needed. This is done by escaping the EL per the unified EL spec (i.e. <property name="created-message">The user \#{user.name} has been created!</property) Surprisingly, everything is already in place. All that needs to happen is the check for EL needs to change from "startsWith" to "contains".