JSTL if tag for equal strings

Question

I've got a variable from an object on my JSP page:

<%= ansokanInfo.getPSystem() %>

The value of the variable is NAT which is correct and I want to apply certain page elements for this value. How do I use a tag to know the case? I tried something like

<c:if test = "${ansokanInfo.getPSystem() == 'NAT'}">      
   process  
</c:if> 

But the above doesn't display anything. How should I do it? Or can I just as well use scriptlets i.e.

<% if (ansokanInfo.getPSystem().equals("NAT"){ %>
process
<% } %>

Thanks for any answer or comment.

Answer 1

Try:

<c:if test = "${ansokanInfo.PSystem == 'NAT'}"> 

JSP/Servlet 2.4 (I think that's the version number) doesn't support method calls in EL and only support properties. The latest servlet containers do support method calls (ie Tomcat 7).

Answer 2

<c:if test="${ansokanInfo.pSystem eq 'NAT'}"> 

Answer 3

I think the other answers miss one important detail regarding the property name to use in the EL expression. The rules for converting from the method names to property names are specified in 'Introspector.decpitalize` which is part of the java bean standard:

This normally means converting the first character from upper case to lower case, but in the (unusual) special case when there is more than one character and both the first and second characters are upper case, we leave it alone.

Thus "FooBah" becomes "fooBah" and "X" becomes "x", but "URL" stays as "URL".

So in your case the JSTL code should look like the following, note the capital 'P':

<c:if test = "${ansokanInfo.PSystem == 'NAT'}">