diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions.adoc index 95a017bd1c2..1f4fe86c02a 100644 --- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions.adoc +++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions.adoc @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ [[expressions]] = Spring Expression Language (SpEL) -The Spring Expression Language ("`SpEL`" for short) is a powerful expression language that +The Spring Expression Language ("SpEL" for short) is a powerful expression language that supports querying and manipulating an object graph at runtime. The language syntax is -similar to Unified EL but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and -basic string templating functionality. +similar to the https://jakarta.ee/specifications/expression-language/[Jakarta Expression +Language] but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and basic string +templating functionality. While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and JBoss EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the Spring