JCgH4164838Gh792C124B5 commented on pull request #504:
URL: https://github.com/apache/struts/pull/504#issuecomment-968154566


   I tried looking at `ASTChain` processing, and the behaviour you mentioned 
above, by debugging really basic application.  From what I can determine so 
far, the cases where the source can be `null` looks like it was probably a 
design choice.  It seems to happen for compound node statements where there is 
no value for the "parent node", so the "child node" cannot have a value.  I am 
not 100% certain, though, so if someone can see and explain things clearly, 
please feel free to comment.  :)
   
   Looking into using a full-fledged cache (like _cache2k_ or _caffeine_, 
possibly using the JSR107/JCache API to be provider-agnostic) for the 
expression cache could be interesting.  Alternatively, implementing a slightly 
more sophisticated customization of the existing cache (without introducing any 
new dependencies), could be interesting too.  That could be a new feature 
request for 2.6.x.
   
   As for this PR and 2.6.x, given the explanation and arguments you have 
provided, I think it seems reasonable to apply to 2.6.x, and see how things 
behave.  👍 


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