JSP: EL expression is not evaluated [duplicate]

Answer 1

For those interested, the equivalent XML syntax for JSP 2.0 is:

<jsp:directive.page isELIgnored="false"/>

Answer 2

See my answer at Javascript String.replace(/\$/,str) works weirdly in jsp file for possible reasons.

Longer answer: ${i} is expression in so called 'Expression Language'. Sometimes, Expression Language can be disabled. See above answer for potential reasons, and ways how to enable it.

Answer 3

From Controller:

@RequestMapping(value = "createcustomer",method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String customer(Model model)
    {
        Customer cus=new Customer();
        cus.setCustomerNumber("Test");
        model.addAttribute("customer",cus);
        return "createcustomer";
    }

In View:

<%@taglib uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" prefix="form" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" %> 

<div class="cl">    
   <form:form commandName="customer" method="POST">

      <p>Name: <c:out value="${customer.CustomerNumber}"></c:out></p>

   </form:form>
<div>

Output:

Name: Test