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jsp 2.0 specification answer your question (see Part 1 Expression Language, .2.3.4 paragraph)
However, for mapping in line 1 the Integer reference "va" is coerced to int
and for mapping in line 2 the Integer reference "va" is normally used as map key to retrieve the value .
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[ August 22, 2005: Message edited by: Paolo Metafune ]