What is isELIgnored Attribute in JSP?

The isELIgnored attribute gives you the ability to disable the evaluation of Expression Language (EL) expressions which has been introduced in JSP 2.0.

The default value of the attribute is true, meaning that expressions, ${...}, are evaluated as dictated by the JSP specification. If the attribute is set to false, then expressions are not evaluated but rather treated as static text.

Following directive sets an expression not to be evaluated −

<%@ page isELIgnored = "false" %>