Just do it. I believe this was just an oversight.
Cheers, B
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 7:17 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>Hi,
>
> Although this is practically speaking more of an implementation issue, I'd
> like to discuss it here anyway since both Mojarra and MyFaces have the same
> problem.
>
> In EL 2.2 ValueExpression had a new method added; getValueReference
>
> TagValueExpression however was never updated to implement this, so the
> default implementation of the ValueExpression it inherits from gets used,
> which just returns null.
>
> Effectively, the getValueReference feature can not be used in JSF because
> of this and e.g. Mojarra has to keep using its own ValueExpressionAnalyzer.
> OmniFaces too had to assume it can't simply use
> ValueExpression#getValueReference and had to come up with its own
> workaround.
>
> There are some existing issues filed that are related to this, e.g.
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>
> <https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096>
> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4096
>
> Since this method has not been implemented for such a long time I wonder
> if anyone has anything against just implementing it, and perhaps
> additionally asking for a TCK test to be added for this.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Kind regards,
> Arjan Tijms
>