}

            //verify allocation rules are valid EL

            if(!isEmptyWhitespace(bareRule)){

                try {

                    if (providedContext.isEvaluable()) { /*

                                                           * must have a context to test against, even if it's "Collections.emptyMap()", how to

                                                           * tell if this method is used for ProctorBuilder or during load of the testMatrix.

                                                           * also used to check to make sure any classes included in the EL have a

                                                           * default constructor for evaluation (unless they are an enum)

        ExpressionFactoryImpl exprFactory = new ExpressionFactoryImpl();

        ELContextImpl ctx = new ELContextImpl(exprFactory);

        ctx.setFunctionMapper(new FMapper());

                AttributeParser.getUnquoted(expression, quote, false, false,

                        false),

                String.class);

        return (String) ve.getValue(ctx);

    }

    private String evaluateExpression(String expression) {

        ELContextImpl ctx = new ELContextImpl();

        ctx.setFunctionMapper(new FMapper());

        ExpressionFactoryImpl exprFactory = new ExpressionFactoryImpl();

                String.class);

        return (String) ve.getValue(ctx);

    }

   

    public static class FMapper extends FunctionMapper {

       

        ELContextImpl ctx = new ELContextImpl();

        ctx.setFunctionMapper(new FMapper());

        ExpressionFactoryImpl exprFactory = new ExpressionFactoryImpl();

                AttributeParser.getUnquoted(expression, quote, false, false,

                        false),

                String.class);

        return (String) ve.getValue(ctx);

    }

        ELContextImpl ctx = new ELContextImpl();

        ctx.setFunctionMapper(new FMapper());

        ExpressionFactoryImpl exprFactory = new ExpressionFactoryImpl();

                AttributeParser.getUnquoted(expression, quote, false, false,

                        false),

                String.class);

        return (String) ve.getValue(ctx);

    }