JSPx and EL - not really a taglib issue

[Oded Arbel]

Hi list.

I have a JSP file which uses <c:when> and <c:if> to compare numbers. for 
example, I have a case where a value may contain either null or the 
empty string - so I test like this:

<c:if test="${empty bean.value or fn:length(bean.value) < 1}">

This is because, contrary to "path of least surprise", empty treats 
empty strings as not-empty (well, they do contain a reference to a 
string object). 

My problem is that I'm now converting said page to JSPX (which is 
completely XML) and Tomcat correctly complains that "The value of 
attribute "test" associated with an element type "c:if" must not 
contain the '<' character.". 
I tried to put &lt; instead of < , which works but eclipse's WTP 
complains that it can't parse the instruction. I also think its ugly. 

Barring fixing "empty" to work correctly - is there a better way to 
check on string length, or generally to compare numbers, using EL in 
JSPX ?

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Oded Arbel
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