difference between eq and == in JSP

Question

What is the difference, if any, between the keyword \'eq\' and the operator \'==\' in JSP Expression Language?

In code, what is the difference between:

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Answer 1

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 <, for example), but they do the same thing.

See Comparison operators in JSP for more info.