package javax.el does not exist

Question

i'm using jre6/eclipse and importing javax.el.* the error

package javax.el does not exist [javac] import javax.el.*;

comes up. isn't this supposed to be part of java? can anyone tell me why this might be. thanks m

Answer 1

EL (the Unified Expression Language) is part of the Java EE spec. You can find this library as part of any Java EE server or JSP container. Implementations are also available separately from Glassfish, Apache or JUEL.