Given the following JSF code:
<h:outputText value="#{bean.foo}" />
and proper method in my bean:
public String getFoo(){
return "foo";
}
everything works just great. But when I switch my bean's method to static
public static String getFoo(){
return "foo";
}
It does not work anymore, because EL throws an exception:
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: The class 'bean' does not have the property 'foo'.
Why does the method must not be static?
By making foo static it no longer fits into the definition of a property of this class. You can still call getFoo() directly, but it won't autowire this for you when constructed the way you've changed it