Composite method do not resolve parameter if in template - jsf-2

Question

it's a bit similar to this problem https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-11469
I have a template containing a composite defined like this:
<h:form id="transfer_list">
<ccs:criteriaPanel header="Critère de recherche"
filterAction="#{controller.filter()}">
<form:criteriaForm bean="#{controller.transferCriteria}"
rendered="#{! empty controller.transferSearchForm}"
mode="UPDATE"
controller="#{controller}" />
</ccs:criteriaPanel>
</h:form>
Controller is defined with a ui:param in the template child.
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
template="/pages/transfer/transferList.xhtml">
<ui:param name="controller" value="#{transferListOpenController}" />
</ui:composition>
Here is the composite impl (criteriaPanel):
<cc:interface>
<cc:attribute name="header" default="#{i18n['HEADER_SEARCH_CRITERIA']}" />
<cc:attribute name="filterAction" method-signature="java.lang.Object filter()" />
<cc:attribute name="update" default="#(.ui-datatable)" />
</cc:interface>
<cc:implementation>
<div id="#{cc.clientId}">
<p:panel header="#{cc.attrs.header}" toggleable="true">
<cc:insertChildren />
<f:facet name="footer">
<p:commandButton id="search_btn"
value="#{i18n['BUTTON_FILTER']}"
action="#{cc.attrs.filterAction}"
icon="ui-icon-search"
update="#{cc.attrs.update}" />
<p:commandButton value="#{i18n['BUTTON_CLEAR_FILTER']}"
action="#{cc.attrs.filterAction}"
process="#this"
immediate="true"
update="#{cc.attrs.update}">
<p:ajax update="#form" resetValues="true" />
</p:commandButton>
</f:facet>
<p:defaultCommand target="search_btn" />
</p:panel>
</div>
</cc:implementation>
Clicking on the button "filterAction" result into this:
javax.faces.FacesException: #{cc.attrs.filterAction}:
javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Target Unreachable, identifier
[controller] resolved to null at
com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:118)
at
org.primefaces.application.DialogActionListener.processAction(DialogActionListener.java:45)
at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:315)
I use Tomcat 8.5 for this and Mojarra 2.2.13. It works if I don't put the whole thing in a composite component (criteriaPanel)
UPDATE
Sample available here: https://github.com/Rapster/primefaces-test/tree/issue-sof-45834296
Works fine with MyFaces 2.2.11 and Mojarra 2.2.8-23 and 2.3.2 (I don't know how impactful upgrading to 2.3 can be though...) From what I read here https://stackoverflow.com/a/42656386/4605161, Mojarra 2.2.8 is aimed for WebLogic but it seems I will need this one (and i'm running on Tomcat)
WORKAROUND
Writing this make it work (but that's a workaround i'd rather use template):
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<ui:param name="controller" value="#{testView}" />
<ui:decorate template="/template.xhtml">
</ui:decorate>
</ui:composition>
Funny thing is if I put ui:param inside ui:decorate I'll end up with the same exception

Answer 1

Should be fixed in 2.2.15, see github.com/javaserverfaces/mojarra/issues/4271