Spring Expression Language (spel) and variable name with dot (.)

[mgervais@agaetis.fr]

Hi,
I didn't find a specific forum for spel so I'm posting here.
I'm using spel to evaluate expression, but I've problem with this case:

Case success (It returns true):

StandardEvaluationContext context = new StandardEvaluationContext();
context.setVariable("ns.num5", 5.5f);
context.setVariable("ns.num6", 5.5f);
PARSER.parseExpression("#ns?.num5 == #ns?.num6").getValue(context, Boolean.class);

I suppose it's ok, because variable names are differrent without namespace.


Case failed (It returns false insteadof true):

StandardEvaluationContext context = new StandardEvaluationContext();
context.setVariable("num5", 5.5f);
context.setVariable("ns.num5", 5.5f);
PARSER.parseExpression("#ns?.num5} <= #num5").getValue(context, Boolean.class);
PARSER.parseExpression("#ns?.num5} == #num5").getValue(context, Boolean.class)

;

I guess spel confuses variable names which are identicals without namespace (dot in name).
Any suggestions?

Thanks.
Mickael