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  2. JBEAP-18440

[GSS](7.3.z) WFLY-12947 - EL should coerce String to Integer in equals operation

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    • 7.3.1.CR1, 7.3.1.GA
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      EAP 7's EL equals operations work differently from EAP 6 one.

      For example: put the following JSP in your web application (e.g. example.war)

      test.jsp
      <% request.setAttribute("testAttr", "01"); %>
      ${testAttr == 1}</br>
      ${param['foo'] == 1}<br>
      ${1 == param['foo']}<br>
      ${1 == (0+param['foo'])}<br>
      

      Then, access the above JSP with curl command:

      $ curl http://localhost:8080/example/test.jsp?foo=01
      
      • Expected result (EAP 6's behavior):
        true<br>
        true<br>
        true<br>
        true<br>
        
      • Actual result (EAP 7's behavior):
        false<br>
        false<br>
        false<br>
        true<br>
        

      In the section 1.9.2 of EL 3.0 Specification, the ==,!= operators have the following step:

      ■If A==B, apply operator
      ■ If A is null or B is null return false for == or eq, true for != or ne.
      ■ If A or B is BigDecimal, coerce both A and B to BigDecimal and then:
      ■ If operator is == or eq, return A.equals(B)
      ■ If operator is != or ne, return !A.equals(B)
      ■ If A or B is Float or Double coerce both A and B to Double, apply operator
      ■ If A or B is BigInteger, coerce both A and B to BigInteger and then:
      ■ If operator is == or eq, return A.equals(B)
      ■ If operator is != or ne, return !A.equals(B)
      ■ If A or B is Byte, Short, Character, Integer, or Long coerce both A and B to Long, apply operator
      ■ If A or B is Boolean coerce both A and B to Boolean, apply operator
      ■ If A or B is an enum, coerce both A and B to enum, apply operator
      ■ If A or B is String coerce both A and B to String, compare lexically
      ■ Otherwise if an error occurs while calling A.equals(B), error
      ■ Otherwise, apply operator to result of A.equals(B)
      

      Note that the step "If A or B is Byte, Short, Character, Integer, or Long coerce both A and B to Long, apply operator" should happen earlier than the step coercion to String. So, it appears that EAP 7's behavior violates the spec.

              rhn-support-rmartinc Ricardo Martin Camarero
              rhn-support-rmartinc Ricardo Martin Camarero
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