diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/view/facelets/el/CompositeVariableMapper.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/view/facelets/el/CompositeVariableMapper.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el;
-
-import javax.el.ValueExpression;
-import javax.el.VariableMapper;
-
-/**
- * Composite VariableMapper that attempts to load the ValueExpression from the first VariableMapper, then the second if
- * <code>null</code>.
- * 
- * @see javax.el.VariableMapper
- * @see javax.el.ValueExpression
- * 
- * @author Jacob Hookom
- * @version $Id$
- */
-public final class CompositeVariableMapper extends VariableMapper
-{
-
-    private final VariableMapper var0;
-    private final VariableMapper var1;
-
-    public CompositeVariableMapper(VariableMapper var0, VariableMapper var1)
-    {
-        this.var0 = var0;
-        this.var1 = var1;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @see javax.el.VariableMapper#resolveVariable(java.lang.String)
-     */
-    @Override
-    public ValueExpression resolveVariable(String name)
-    {
-        ValueExpression ve = this.var0.resolveVariable(name);
-        if (ve == null)
-        {
-            return this.var1.resolveVariable(name);
-        }
-        return ve;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @see javax.el.VariableMapper#setVariable(java.lang.String, javax.el.ValueExpression)
-     */
-    @Override
-    public ValueExpression setVariable(String name, ValueExpression expression)
-    {
-        return this.var0.setVariable(name, expression);
-    }
-
-}