[Brice Ruth]

The following JSP code:

                                      <c:if test="${
                                          user.map.username == 'user1' || 
                                          user.map.username == 'user2' || 
                                          user.map.username == 'user3' || 
                                          user.map.username == 'user4'}">

Is indicated as an error in the JSP Editor. The exact error given is:

String literal is not properly closed by a double-quote

Since Jasper (Tomcat’s JSP compiler) doesn’t complain, I’m thinking that it’s valid, correct me if I’m wrong.

Stats:
What operating system and version are you running?

Windows XP Pro, SP1

What Eclipse version and build id are you using? (Help > About Eclipse Platform)

3.0.0; 200405290105

– Was Eclipse freshly installed for MyEclipse?

Yes

– If not, was it upgraded to its current version using the update manager?
– Are any other external plugins installed?

No

– How many plugins in the <eclipse>/plugins directory are like org.eclipse.pde.*

6

What MyEclipse version are you using? (Help > About Eclipse Platform > Features)

3.7.101

What JDK version are you using to run Eclipse? (java -version)

1.4.2_03-b02

What JDK version are you using to launch your application server?

1.4.2_03-b02

What application server are you using?

Tomcat 5.0.25

[Riyad Kalla]

MyEclipse doesn’t support JSP 2.0 yet, so the use of expression language dying here is not surprising. You used the correct workaround (to turn off validation) until ME gets support for JSP 2.0.

[Brice Ruth]

This isn’t JSP 2.0 syntax .. it actually gets deployed (in the end) to a Tomcat 4.1 server, so I know for a fact that its legit JSP 1.2 EL syntax.

Does that matter?

[support-michael]

This isn’t JSP 2.0 syntax .. it actually gets deployed (in the end) to a Tomcat 4.1 server, so I know for a fact that its legit JSP 1.2 EL syntax.

Does that matter?

bdruth is correct. This is not a JSP2 issue but rather a problem with a multi-line attribute value. Thanks for reporting this. I have submitted a problem report to have our dev team address it ASAP.

[Riyad Kalla]

Sorry about that bdruth, I guess I was going on autopilot there.

Michael thank you for the correct and filing the bug.

[Brice Ruth]

OK, I’ll look for a fix in a future release. Thank you!

[No Operation]

a workaround for the current version is:

<c:if test='${   user.map.username == "user1" ||
                                user.map.username == "user2" ||
                                user.map.username == "user3" ||
                                user.map.username == "user4"}'> 

NOP

[Brice Ruth]

Sincde the code works fine in Tomcat, and the little red X doesn’t bug me too much, I’ll wait for the bug to be fixed in the next release!

Thanks, tho!

[Riyad Kalla]

Fixed in 3.8 GA

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