ModelAttributes not accessible on jsp

Question

Created a new Spring MVC project using MAven and Im having a problem where the modelAttributes are not getting substituted on the jsp page. For eg.,

<%@ page session="false"%>
<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
<%@ page contentType="text/html" %>

Hello Worlds ${location} is ${weathers}
<c:out value="${location}"/>

displays

Hello Worlds ${location} is ${weathers}
${location}

instead of

Hello Worlds Omaha is Cold
Omaha

I'm guessing I'm missing a jar, I have the following in the mvn dependency list :

   <dependency>
       <groupId>taglibs</groupId>
       <artifactId>standard</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.2</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
       <artifactId>geronimo-servlet_2.4_spec</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.1</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
       <version>2.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.7</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
       <version>2.5.5</version>
   </dependency>

Answer 1

I suppose your servlet container is using JSP pre-2.0, where EL is ignored by default. Check what has been bundled with it.

Anyway, you have to specify the following:

<%@ page isELIgnored="false" %>

Answer 2

I'm quoting from an answer I provided before to the problem of EL not working:

With other words, the EL expression doesn't get evaluated? That can have one or more of the following causes:

1. Application server in question doesn't support JSP 2.0.
2. The web.xml is not declared as Servlet 2.4 or higher.
3. The @page is configured with isELIgnored=true.
4. The web.xml is configured with <el-ignored>true</el-ignored> in <jsp-config>.

In your particular case, 1) can be scratched. 3) and 4) are too obvious to be overseen, so that can likely be scratched as well. Left behind point 2). Your web.xml is apparently declared with an older version. Ensure that your web.xml is declared as at least Servlet 2.4:

<web-app
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
    version="2.4">

    <!-- Here you go. -->

</web-app>