BAEL-151 - Adding EL dependency

jsf/pom.xml

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
             <version>${com.sun.faces.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.el.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <!-- Spring -->
 
@@ -114,6 +120,7 @@
 
         <!-- JSF -->
         <com.sun.faces.version>2.1.7</com.sun.faces.version>
+        <javax.el.version>2.2</javax.el.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>

jsf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springintegration/controllers/ELSampleBean.java

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-/*
+package com.baeldung.springintegration.controllers;
- * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
- * and open the template in the editor.
- */
-package com.baeldung.el.controllers;
 
 import java.util.Random;
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -13,10 +9,6 @@ import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
 import javax.faces.component.html.HtmlInputText;
 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
 
-/**
- *
- * @author Tayo
- */
 @ManagedBean(name = "ELBean")
 @ViewScoped
 public class ELSampleBean {
@@ -32,7 +24,7 @@ public class ELSampleBean {
         pageCounter = randomIntGen.nextInt();
     }
 
-    public void save(){
+    public void save() {
 
     }
 
@@ -41,12 +33,12 @@ public class ELSampleBean {
     }
 
 
-    public void saveByELEvaluation(){
+    public void saveByELEvaluation() {
-        firstName = (String)evaluateEL("#{firstName.value}", String.class);
+        firstName = (String) evaluateEL("#{firstName.value}", String.class);
         FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
-        FacesMessage theMessage = new FacesMessage("Name component Evaluated: "+firstName);
+        FacesMessage theMessage = new FacesMessage("Name component Evaluated: " + firstName);
         theMessage.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO);
-        ctx.addMessage(null,theMessage);
+        ctx.addMessage(null, theMessage);
 
     }