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Asked: 2026-06-17T22:46:45+00:00

<c:choose> <c:when test=${somecondition}> … </c:when> <!– if not somecondition do otherwise –> <c:otherwise> …

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<c:choose>
    <c:when test="${somecondition}">
      ...
    </c:when>
    <!-- if not somecondition do otherwise -->
    <c:otherwise>
      ...
    </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

The above code will throw a jspError, “JSTL Illegal text inside “c:choose” tag: “

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  1. Editorial Team
    <c:choose>
    <c:when test="${somecondition}">
      ...
    </c:when>
    <%-- if not somecondition do otherwise --%>
    <c:otherwise>
      ...
    </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

    You can’t use < !– –> comments.
    Thought I would share since I didn’t see this on stackoverflow and ran into it today.

    http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-44363

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