title: org.apache.el.parser.ParseException: Encountered "(" at line X, column Y. Was expecting one of [...]
body: <p>The below JSF snippet:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;p:dataTable value="#{userbean.getAll()}" var="user"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Throws this exception:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Encountered "(" at line 1, column 18. Was expecting one of: "}" ... "." ... "[" ... "&gt;" ... "gt" ... "&lt;" ... "lt" ... "&gt;=" ... "ge" ... "&lt;=" ... "le" ... "==" ... "eq" ... "!=" ... "ne" ... "&amp;&amp;" ... "and" ... "||" ... "or" ... "*" ... "+" ... "-" ... "/" ... "div" ... "%" ... "mod" ... 
  org.apache.el.parser.ParseException: Encountered "(" at line 1, column 18. Was expecting one of:
      "}" ...
      "." ...
      "[" ...
      "&gt;" ...
      "gt" ...
      "&lt;" ...
      "lt" ...
      "&gt;=" ...
      "ge" ...
      "&lt;=" ...
      "le" ...
      "==" ...
      "eq" ...
      "!=" ...
      "ne" ...
      "&amp;&amp;" ...
      "and" ...
      "||" ...
      "or" ...
      "*" ...
      "+" ...
      "-" ...
      "/" ...
      "div" ...
      "%" ...
      "mod" ...
  
      at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.generateParseException(ELParser.java:2142)
      at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.jj_consume_token(ELParser.java:2024)
      at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.DeferredExpression(ELParser.java:113)
      at org.apache.el.parser.ELParser.CompositeExpression(ELParser.java:40)
      at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createNodeInternal(ExpressionBuilder.java:93)
      at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.build(ExpressionBuilder.java:150)
      at org.apache.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createValueExpression(ExpressionBuilder.java:194)
      at org.apache.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl.createValueExpression(ExpressionFactoryImpl.java:68)
      at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.ELText$ELTextVariable.apply(ELText.java:203)
      at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.AttributeInstruction.apply(AttributeInstruction.java:101)
      at com.sun.faces.facelets.compiler.UIInstructionHandler.apply(UIInstructionHandler.java:141)
      at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:98)
      at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.applyNextHandler(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:137)
      at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.apply(ComponentTagHandlerDelegateImpl.java:196)
      at javax.faces.view.facelets.DelegatingMetaTagHandler.apply(DelegatingMetaTagHandler.java:120)
      at javax.faces.view.facelets.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:98)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How is this caused and how can I solve it?</p>