Problem with session attributes in JSP EL using Spring MVC

Question

I\'m trying to show a session attribute \"userSession\" in a jsp page using JSP EL, but it returns null (case 1). Request attributes are shown properly in EL expressions tho

Answer 1

What does:

<c:out value="${sessionScope.userSession}"/>

or

<c:out value="${sessionScope['userSession']}"/>

give?

Answer 2

Fixed. Problem was with a <%@ page session="false" %> directive found in an include.jsp used by my page, which I removed from that global place.

It prevents a jsp page from access to session scope variables. So only <%=request.getSession().getAttribute("foo")%> works in that case...

Answer 3

<c:out value="${sessionScope}"/> or just ${sessionScope} list all the attributes in portlet application scope.

so, You can try to get your attribut with this expression !