or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;expectedType)</span></div>
<div class="block">Parses an expression into a <a href="ValueExpression.html" title="class in jakarta.el"><code>ValueExpression</code></a> for later evaluation. Use this method for expressions that refer
 to values.

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 This method should perform syntactic validation of the expression. If in doing so it detects errors, it should raise
 an <code>ELException</code>.</div>
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<dt>Parameters:</