This web page has a concise description of how to set and access java bean properties from JSTL.

Briefly, to initialize a bean and set its properties, use the following example:

<jsp:useBean id=’beanIdclass=’className’>
    <c:set target=’${beanId}’ property=’propName’ value=’${someValue}’/>
</jsp:useBean>

To get a bean property value:

    <c:out value=’${beanId.propName}’/>