Alternative of ExpressionEvaluationUtils in Spring 4

We were using ExpressionEvaluationUtils(Deprecated) class to evaluate expression when using Spring 3.2.8. Now we have migrated our product from Spring 3 to Spring 4.

final Object argument = ExpressionEvaluationUtils.evaluate("argument", stringArray[0], this.pageContext);

In Spring 4, they have removed this util file. I have search some alternative util/service but didn't get any result.

Can somebody tell me what is the alternative of ExpressionEvaluationUtils class?

You can use:

• Spring Expression Language (EL)

• Spring ExpressionFactory:

  ELContext elContext =  pageContext.getELContext();
  JspFactory jf = JspFactory.getDefaultFactory();
  JspApplicationContext jac = jf
                   .getJspApplicationContext(pageContext.getServletContext());
  ExpressionFactory ef = jac.getExpressionFactory();
  ValueExpression val = ef.createValueExpression(elContext, "your expression", resultClass);