Can't add nested param tags to an h:output link

When we add a nested param tag to the an output link as shown below we get a stack trace on the page

<h:outputLink value="BusinessObjectPropertySummary">
<f:param name="buisnessObjectClass" value="#

{businessObjectDetails.className}

"/>
<h:outputText value="#

{businessObjectDetails.name}

"/>
</h:outputLink>

java.lang.NullPointerException: charsetName
at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.<init>(OutputStreamWriter.java:81)
at java.net.URLEncoder.encode(URLEncoder.java:189)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlLinkRendererBase.addParameterToHref(HtmlLinkRendererBase.java:428)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlLinkRendererBase.addChildParametersToHref(HtmlLinkRendererBase.java:360)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlLinkRendererBase.renderOutputLinkStart(HtmlLinkRendererBase.java:376)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlLinkRendererBase.encodeBegin(HtmlLinkRendererBase.java:95)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeBegin(UIComponentBase.java:307)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.RendererUtils.renderChild(RendererUtils.java:441)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.RendererUtils.renderChildren(RendererUtils.java:427)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.RendererUtils.renderChild(RendererUtils.java:448)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.ext.HtmlTableRenderer.renderColumnBody(HtmlTableRenderer.java:206)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlTableRendererBase.encodeColumnChild(HtmlTableRendererBase.java:168)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.ext.HtmlTableRenderer.encodeColumnChild(HtmlTableRenderer.java:161)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlTableRendererBase.encodeInnerHtml(HtmlTableRendererBase.java:154)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlTableRendererBase.encodeChildren(HtmlTableRendererBase.java:94)
at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.ext.HtmlTableRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTableRenderer.java:57)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:319)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentSupport.encodeRecursive(ComponentSupport.java:234)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentSupport.encodeRecursive(ComponentSupport.java:239)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentSupport.encodeRecursive(ComponentSupport.java:239)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentSupport.encodeRecursive(ComponentSupport.java:239)
at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentSupport.encodeRecursive(ComponentSupport.java:239)
at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:554)
at com.peace.externalInteraction.web.jsf.PeaceFaceletViewHandler.renderView(PeaceFaceletViewHandler.java:62)
at org.apache.myfaces.adfinternal.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:175)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:107)
at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesServlet.service(MyFacesServlet.java:74)
at com.peace.externalInteraction.web.OmniServlet.service(OmniServlet.java:78)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.myfaces.adfinternal.webapp.AdfFacesFilterImpl._invokeDoFilter(AdfFacesFilterImpl.java:320)
at org.apache.myfaces.adfinternal.webapp.AdfFacesFilterImpl._doFilterImpl(AdfFacesFilterImpl.java:289)
at org.apache.myfaces.adfinternal.webapp.AdfFacesFilterImpl.doFilter(AdfFacesFilterImpl.java:213)
at org.apache.myfaces.adf.webapp.AdfFacesFilter.doFilter(AdfFacesFilter.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.peace.externalInteraction.web.jsf.ViewModeFilter.doFilter(ViewModeFilter.java:29)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)