 arguments are used for method selection,
 and this parameter is ignored.</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>The parsed expression</dd>
<dt>Throws:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="ELException.html" title="class in jakarta.el">ELException</a></code> - Thrown if there are syntactical errors in the provided expression.</dd>
<dd><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">NullPointerException</a></