Generics in for custom EL function

[Daniel Young]

Hi all,   I’m trying to expose the following function in EL:   public static String getMessage(final String locale, final Map<String, Message> messages) { . . . }   However I’m having trouble specifying the messages parameter in my taglib.xml, due to the Generic.  I have the following:         <function>         <function-name>getMessage</function-name>         <function-class>com.synyati.spurwing.i18n.entity.Message</function-class>         <function-signature>java.lang.String getLocalisedMessage(java.lang.String, java.util.Map&lt;java.lang.String,com.synyati.spurwing.i18n.entity.Message&gt;)</function-signature>       </function>      The &lt; seems to encode fine, but there comma between the String and Message seems to confuse things.  I get the following:   Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.util.Map<java.lang.String   Is this a known error, or can I get around it somehow?     Cheers, Daniel.