I have created a JavaScript function, which has to return DOM object by specified id of RichFaces element.

The reason of doing this is very simple - I need to get DOM object by id and RichFaces makes their ids complicated to be reached via jQuery or getElementById() simple JavaScript function. Therefore, if I return an object and save it in private variable, I would be able to use it as I wish.

Here's a function:

function getRichObject(id){
     var object = #{rich:element(id)};
     return object;
}

console.log( getRichObject('element_id') );

However, when I call a function, as you see in console.log() example above, JavaScript error appears in the Firebug console:

syntax error

var object = ;

I hope experienced RichFaces developers has already faced that problem and could give me a tip?!