Hiho! It is possible, but only with a little trick. Using a parameter in the EL is a new EL-2.2 feature which is _not_ part of JSP-2.1 delivered with tomcat6 and jetty6 but defined in JSR-245 MR-2 (JSP-2.2) [1].
You can enable EL-2.2 by using a few tricks even in tomcat-6 and jetty6. Here is how goes: A.) You have to use el-api.jar and el-impl.jar from the glassfish reference implementation. In your pom.xml: <!-- EL 2 --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.el</groupId> <artifactId>el-api</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <profiles> <profile> <id>jetty</id> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId> <version>${jetty-version}</version> <configuration> <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>javax.el</groupId> <artifactId>el-api</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId> <artifactId>el-impl</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> <version>2.2</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </profile> </profiles This will allow you to use EL-2.2 by running $> mvn clean install -Pjetty jetty:run B.) preparing tomcat 1. go to the tomcat home directory 2. remove tomcats el-api.jar from the classpath: $> mv ./lib/el-api.jar ./lib/el-api.jar.nixda 3. copy the EL-2.2 jars into ./lib (el-api-2.2.jar, el-impl-2.2.jar) 4. make sure that the applications don't contain those 2 el jars! voila, have fun! LieGrue, strub [1] http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr245/index.html --- Michael Kurz <michi.k...@gmx.at> schrieb am Mi, 10.2.2010: > Von: Michael Kurz <michi.k...@gmx.at> > Betreff: Re: el expression > An: users@myfaces.apache.org > Datum: Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2010, 9:33 > Hi, > > it is true that it is not possible to use method parameters > or to call > methods of an object that are no getters or setters (at > least before > Java EE 6). > > But there are ways to bypass this limitation: > > * If you only want to call a method in an EL expression you > could define > an EL function (possible with JSP and Facelets). > > * If you want to pass a parameter to an action method you > could use an > alternative EL implementation like JBoss EL (see [1]). For > this you have > to include the JBoss EL libraries and replace the > expression factory of > MyFaces like this in your web.xml: > > <!-- Replace ExpressionFactory for > Apache MyFaces --> > <context-param> > > <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.EXPRESSION_FACTORY</param-name> > > <param-value>org.jboss.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl</param-value> > </context-param> > > regards > Michael > > [1]: > http://docs.jboss.org/seam/2.0.1.GA/reference/en/html/elenhancements.html > > Am 10.02.2010 09:20, schrieb Martin Monshausen: > > Hi, > > calling methods with parameters is not possible in JSF > as far as I know. Try to set Parameter in Bean before > calling the method and then refer to it in your > parameter-less method. > > Yours, > > > > Martin > > ________________________________ > > > > Von: Krishna K. Pandit [mailto:krishna.pan...@aptuit.com] > > Gesendet: Mi 10.02.2010 06:14 > > An: MyFaces Discussion > > Betreff: el expression > > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > Can any one can help me how to pass a parameter to a > method while > > calling it in EL expression. > > Im trying this > > > > "#{myBean.method('JAVA')} > > > > But I m getting errors while rendering. > > > > Thanks > > Krishna Pandit > > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential and intended > > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they are addressed. > > If you have received this email in error please notify > the sender by email > > reply and delete it from your system. > > The integrity and security of this email cannot be > guaranteed on the Internet. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com