How to use constant in expression language

I have class Constant which contains
public static final (constant fields).
I want to use those constants in expression language in jsp
${requestScope.result eq with some constant}
<c:if test="${requestScope.result eq '<%= Constants.MODE %>'}">
Hello World
</c:if>
It does not print Hello World
even though MODE is 'hello' and result is also set to 'hello'.
Message was edited by:
mihir_kapadia

Its not that simple. There is an article in [url http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200601/Journal200601.jsp#a3]javaranch about the usage of constants in EL.
There is [url http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=45&threadID=508847]this cool code snippet from forum user evnafets that would help you with your problem.
ram.

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