JSPG0122E: Unable to parse EL function in Websphere 8

Question

I am moving a web application from Websphere 6.1 to Websphere 8, and I am encountering the following error in one of my JSP pages:

com.

Answer 1

It seems this error was due to Websphere 8 not being able to parse EL expressions containing a package property or variable. For example, changing the above to

made it work.

I also made a little test of my theory with this little snippet:

runs fine and produces the expected output Salary: 4000. However,

produces the same error as above.