migrationtomcat7richfaceseltomcat6
Richfaces el-api and Tomcat7 "Failed to parse expression"
I'am migrating an old Tomcat6 application (JSF 1.2 and RichFaces 3.3) to Tomcat7. Now I get the following error (full stacktrace at the bottom):
Sep 01, 2015 11:18:57 AM com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler handleRenderException
SCHWERWIEGEND: Error Rendering View[/pages/packageComponents.xhtml]
com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttributeException: /pagecomponents/content/packageComponentsContent.xhtml @147,108 value="#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}" Failed to parse the expression [#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}]
at com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttribute.getValueExpression(TagAttribute.java:259)
I think the problem is, that the old application used its own el-api library:
whereas Tomcat7 has its own el-api: 
right out of the box, and those two are propably in conflict.
Question is:
- Is there any opportunity to tell the Server to use the old "el-ri.jar" instead of the new one?
- Will the old "el-ri.jar" be compatible with Servlet 3.0?
- Any further ideas how to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
PS: "-Dorg.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK=true" won't fix the problem, since future queries won't work as well.
Full Stacktrace:
Sep 01, 2015 11:18:57 AM com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler handleRenderException
SCHWERWIEGEND: Error Rendering View[/pages/packageComponents.xhtml]
com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttributeException: /pagecomponents/content/packageComponentsContent.xhtml @147,108 value="#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}" Failed to parse the expression [#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}]
at com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttribute.getValueExpression(TagAttribute.java:259)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ValueHolderRule$DynamicValueExpressionMetadata.applyMetadata(ValueHolderRule.java:101)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.MetadataImpl.applyMetadata(MetadataImpl.java:36)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.MetaTagHandler.setAttributes(MetaTagHandler.java:62)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:144)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:119)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:248)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:294)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:273)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:143)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.IncludeHandler.apply(IncludeHandler.java:60)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.DefineHandler.apply(DefineHandler.java:58)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:128)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext$TemplateManager.apply(DefaultFaceletContext.java:306)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeDefinition(DefaultFaceletContext.java:279)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.InsertHandler.apply(InsertHandler.java:68)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:248)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:294)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:273)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:143)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:113)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:95)
at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.buildView(FaceletViewHandler.java:503)
at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:546)
at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:100)
at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:176)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:109)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:266)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:178)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:368)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:495)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:748)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:486)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:411)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:338)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:750)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:720)
at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:65)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: javax.el.ELException: Failed to parse the expression [#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}]
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createNodeInternal(ExpressionBuilder.java:145)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.build(ExpressionBuilder.java:171)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createValueExpression(ExpressionBuilder.java:216)
at org.apache.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl.createValueExpression(ExpressionFactoryImpl.java:66)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttribute.getValueExpression(TagAttribute.java:256)
... 95 more
Caused by: javax.el.ELException: The identifier [package] is not a valid Java identifier as required by section 1.19 of the EL specification (Identifier ::= Java language identifier). This check can be disabled by setting the system property org.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK to true.
at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.setImage(AstIdentifier.java:132)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Identifier(ELParser.java:1217)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.NonLiteral(ELParser.java:1193)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.ValuePrefix(ELParser.java:1019)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Value(ELParser.java:968)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Unary(ELParser.java:950)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Multiplication(ELParser.java:714)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Math(ELParser.java:634)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Compare(ELParser.java:446)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Equality(ELParser.java:340)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.And(ELParser.java:284)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Or(ELParser.java:228)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Choice(ELParser.java:185)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Expression(ELParser.java:177)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.DeferredExpression(ELParser.java:115)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.CompositeExpression(ELParser.java:43)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createNodeInternal(ExpressionBuilder.java:114)
... 99 more
Sep 01, 2015 11:18:57 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase doPhase
SCHWERWIEGEND: JSF1054: (Phase ID: RENDER_RESPONSE 6, View ID: /pages/packageComponents.xhtml) Exception thrown during phase execution: javax.faces.event.PhaseEvent[source=com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl@121fdd1c]
Sep 01, 2015 11:18:57 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher invoke
SCHWERWIEGEND: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception
javax.el.ELException: The identifier [package] is not a valid Java identifier as required by section 1.19 of the EL specification (Identifier ::= Java language identifier). This check can be disabled by setting the system property org.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK to true.
at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.setImage(AstIdentifier.java:132)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Identifier(ELParser.java:1217)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.NonLiteral(ELParser.java:1193)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.ValuePrefix(ELParser.java:1019)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Value(ELParser.java:968)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Unary(ELParser.java:950)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Multiplication(ELParser.java:714)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Math(ELParser.java:634)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Compare(ELParser.java:446)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Equality(ELParser.java:340)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.And(ELParser.java:284)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Or(ELParser.java:228)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Choice(ELParser.java:185)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Expression(ELParser.java:177)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.DeferredExpression(ELParser.java:115)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.CompositeExpression(ELParser.java:43)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createNodeInternal(ExpressionBuilder.java:114)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.build(ExpressionBuilder.java:171)
at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createValueExpression(ExpressionBuilder.java:216)
at org.apache.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl.createValueExpression(ExpressionFactoryImpl.java:66)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.TagAttribute.getValueExpression(TagAttribute.java:256)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ValueHolderRule$DynamicValueExpressionMetadata.applyMetadata(ValueHolderRule.java:101)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.MetadataImpl.applyMetadata(MetadataImpl.java:36)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.MetaTagHandler.setAttributes(MetaTagHandler.java:62)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:144)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:119)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:248)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:294)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:273)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:143)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.IncludeHandler.apply(IncludeHandler.java:60)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.DefineHandler.apply(DefineHandler.java:58)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:128)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext$TemplateManager.apply(DefaultFaceletContext.java:306)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeDefinition(DefaultFaceletContext.java:279)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.InsertHandler.apply(InsertHandler.java:68)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:248)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:294)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:273)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:143)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:113)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:95)
at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.buildView(FaceletViewHandler.java:503)
at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:546)
at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:100)
at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:176)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:109)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:266)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:178)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:368)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:495)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:748)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:486)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:411)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:338)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:750)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:720)
at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:65)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Sep 01, 2015 11:18:57 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SCHWERWIEGEND: Servlet.service() for servlet [jsp] in context with path [/CM-Tool_mvn] threw exception [javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to parse the expression [#{package.cmPackageComponent.cmPackage.packageId}]] with root cause
javax.el.ELException: The identifier [package] is not a valid Java identifier as required by section 1.19 of the EL specification (Identifier ::= Java language identifier). This check can be disabled by setting the system property org.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK to true.
at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.setImage(AstIdentifier.java:132)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Identifier(ELParser.java:1217)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.NonLiteral(ELParser.java:1193)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.ValuePrefix(ELParser.java:1019)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Value(ELParser.java:968)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Unary(ELParser.java:950)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Multiplication(ELParser.java:714)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Math(ELParser.java:634)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Compare(ELParser.java:446)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Equality(ELParser.java:340)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.And(ELParser.java:284)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Or(ELParser.java:228)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Choice(ELParser.java:185)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.Expression(ELParser.java:177)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.DeferredExpression(ELParser.java:115)
at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.CompositeExpression(ELParser.java:43)
at ...
Solution
There is no way as far as I know to tell to use your el jar, other than removing the packaged one from tomcat's lib folder and putting yours there (quite risky and high chances are that it will break something else in the container functionality).
Probably the right way to do it is to migrate any non-conforming expressions to the new EL. Regarding the specific expression, as you already mentioned -Dorg.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK=true can solve/workaround. If after applying this you have difficulties with other expressions please share it and community could help there.