Evaluate list.contains string in JSTL

Question

I need to hide an element if certain values are present in the JSP

The values are stored in a List so I tried:

Answer 1

You need to use the fn:contains() or fn:containsIgnoreCase() function.

<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"%>

...

 
        
Doesn't contain 'apple'
    

or

            
Contains 'Apple'
        

Note: This will work like mylist.toString().contains("apple") and if this is not what you are looking for better use a other approach.