JSP EL ternary operator requires space before colon --------------------------------------------------- Key: JBWEB-144 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBWEB-144 Project: JBoss Web Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Affects Versions: JBossWeb-2.0.0.GA_CP09 Reporter: Mike Millson Assignee: Remy Maucherat JSP EL that worked on JBoss AS 4.0.5.GA does not work on EAP. For example, the following does not work: <c:set var="truevalue" value="true" /> <c:set var="falsevalue" value="false"/> <c:out value="${not empty param.yes?truevalue:falsevalue}"/> It throws this error: 2009-06-11 10:40:57,487 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /jsp/case305721.jsp(27,3) "${not empty param.yes?truevalue:falsevalue}" contains invalid expression(s): javax.el.ELException: Error Parsing: ${not empty param.yes?truevalue:falsevalue} at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) But this works with a space added before the colon: <c:out value="${not empty param.yes?truevalue :falsevalue}"/> This is a bug[1] that was originally fixed in Tomcat 6.0.18[2], but was subsequently found to cause a regression[3], so was re-implemented in 6.0.19. [1]http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42565 [2]http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/changelog.html [3]http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45511 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira