Does Ajax4jsf permit references to compounded bean properties (i.e., "Bean.prop1.prop2") for values?

[Stephen Osella]

I am using reference compounded bean reference as the value a selectOneMenu. 
That is,

<h:selectOneMenu id="myMenu" value="#{Bean.prop1.prop2}">
This does not seem to work.  However,

<h:selectOneMenu id="myMenu" value="#{Bean.prop3}">

works.  Can someone verify this?  Is there a reason for this?

Thanks!