Q:

difference between eq and == in JSP

What is the difference, if any, between the keyword 'eq' and the operator '==' in JSP Expression Language?
In code, what is the difference between:
<c:if test="${var1 eq var2}">some code</c:if>

and
<c:if test="${var1 == var2}">some code</c:if>

A:

eq exists (as well as ne, lt, etc) so you can avoid using XML entity references (< is an XML character and would need to be escaped as &lt;, for example), but they do the same thing.
See Comparison operators in JSP for more info.

