Expression Basic Objects

• #ctx: the context object.
• #vars: the context variables.
• #locale: the context locale.
• #httpServletRequest: (only in Web Contexts) the HttpServletRequest object.
• #httpSession: (only in Web Contexts) the HttpSession object.

Expression Utility Objects

• #dates: utility methods for java.util.Date objects: formatting, component extraction, etc.
• #calendars: analogous to #dates, but for java.util.Calendar objects.
• #numbers: utility methods for formatting numeric objects.
• #strings: utility methods for String objects: contains, startsWith, prepending/appending, etc.
• #objects: utility methods for objects in general.
• #bools: utility methods for boolean evaluation.
• #arrays: utility methods for arrays.
• #lists: utility methods for lists.
• #sets: utility methods for sets.
• #maps: utility methods for maps.
• #aggregates: utility methods for creating aggregates on arrays or collections.
• #messages: utility methods for obtaining externalized messages inside variables expressions, in the same way as they would be obtained using #{…} syntax.
• #ids: utility methods for dealing with id attributes that might be repeated (for example, as a result of an iteration).

4.3 Expressions on selections (asterisk syntax)

<div th:object="${session.user}">
    <p>Name: <span th:text="*{firstName}">Sebastian</span>.</p>
    <p>Surname: <span th:text="*{lastName}">Pepper</span>.</p>
    <p>Nationality: <span th:text="*{nationality}">Saturn</span>.</p>
  </div>

Which is exactly equivalent to:

<div>
  <p>Name: <span th:text="${session.user.firstName}">Sebastian</span>.</p>
  <p>Surname: <span th:text="${session.user.lastName}">Pepper</span>.</p>
  <p>Nationality: <span th:text="${session.user.nationality}">Saturn</span>.</p>
</div>