From 80a3c1923f456db52075e1b41e693aabaf8ad50d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 13:50:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Link to Jakarta EL instead of mentioning Unified EL in SpEL overview As a bit of trivia, Jakarta EL was originally Unified EL, which was originally JSP EL, which was originally SPEL. SPEL: Simplest Possible Expression Language SpEL: Spring Expression Language So one could say that SPEL inspired SpEL. --- framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions.adoc | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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