public static void main(String[] args) {
    HashMap<String, Object> attributeMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    attributeMap.put("bean", new ExampleBean("text", 23));

    EvaluationContext ec =
        ELUtils.buildEvaluationContext(new HashMap<String, Method>(), attributeMap);

    boolean bool = ELUtils.evaluateBooleanExpression(ec, "#{bean.text eq 'text'}");

    System.out.println(bool);
  }