How do you run a boolean on a hashmap using JSTL?

Question

I am trying to test a hashmap to see if it has a certain value using JSTL.
<jsp:useBean> id="something_map" class="java.util.HashMap" />
     <c:set target="${something_map}" property="submitted" value="goodbye" />
     ${something_map.submitted}
     <c:if test="{something_map.submitted == goodbye}">
     worked
     </c:if>
I am creating a hashmap with the jsp:useBean tag. i set the maps name to "something_map."
Then I made a key called submitted and set its value to goodbye.
When I display "something_map.submitted", it successfully displays "goodbye", but when I run the <c:if> and test to see if "something_map.submitted" is equal to "goodbye", it doesn't work. How do I run a boolean on the value of a hashmap?
p.s., i already tried using scope variables, but they don't work so well when they are updated several times over many pages.

Answer 1

cotton.m wrote:
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Also, to the person who said that I left out a $, that was I typo. I have it in on the original code and it didn't make a difference.Well it's not the equals bit. JSTL is a scripting language not Java.Sorry for the red herring. It's been a geologic age since I've done anything JSP-ish. I wasn't sure how closely JSTL aligns with the Java to which it compiles.