April 05
Prof. Ismael H. F. Santos -  ismael@tecgraf.puc-rio.br                                                          2
JSTL Introduction: EL Expressions
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSPIntro7.html#wp77083
EL Expression
Result
${1 > (4/2)}
false
${4.0 >= 3}
true
${100.0 == 100}
true
${(10*10) ne 100}
false
${'a' < 'b'}
true
${'hip' gt 'hit'}
false
${4 > 3}
true
${1.2E4 + 1.4}
12001.4
${3 div 4}
0.75
${10 mod 4}
2
${empty param.Add}
True if the request parameter named Add is null or an empty string
${pageContext.request.contextPath}
The context path
${sessionScope.cart.numberOfItems}
The value of the numberOfItems property of the session-scoped attribute named cart
${param['mycom.productId']}
The value of the request parameter named mycom.productId
${header["host"]}
The host
${departments[deptName]}
The value of the entry named deptName in the departments map
${requestScope['javax.servlet.
forward.servlet_path']}
The value of the request-scoped attribute named javax.servlet.
forward.servlet_path