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); }