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  2. JBIDE-27204

Invalid 'EL syntax error: Expecting Expression' on Set initialization

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    • devex #183 May 2020
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      <!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
	xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html">
<h:body>
	<!-- Intialize a Set with two elements -->
	<h:outputText value="#{{'foo', 'bar'}}" />
</h:body>
</html>
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      <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h = "http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html" > <h:body> <!-- Intialize a Set with two elements --> <h:outputText value= "#{{ 'foo' , 'bar' }}" /> </h:body> </html>

      EL allows dynamic creation of collection objects:

      <h:outputText value="#{{'foo', 'bar'}}" />

      The syntax is valid, but JBT reports the warning "EL syntax error: Expecting expression."

      The same error was reported for List constructions in: JBIDE-17987

              jmaury@redhat.com Jeff MAURY
              ivanbrizuela Iván Brizuela (Inactive)
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