How do I pass objects into EL so they can be printed with c:out ?

Question

Hi, I have an already made jsp and it contains data that is printed with <c:out>
<c:out value="${model.biz.address.city}" />Now I would like to make changes to the page, but still use these object names. I'm pretty new to java, so I just assumed to make classes: a big class for model with basic fields; a secondary class for biz, containing name, description, etc in public fields; and an address class, which holds the city, state, etc variables.
I have tomcat/jstl. On the server, there is all this database code and etc that will provide the information, but as for me, I would like to make a simple page, that will have just one model with all the information filled in, so that, I can use the ${model.biz.address.city} or ${model.biz.name} or whatever information objects I've provided.
I can access my classes with <% out.println(model.biz.name) %>, but I can't access it with EL. How can I do it?
I mind you there is nested information: model has model.biz & model.user; biz has biz.name, biz.phone, biz.email, and biz.address; biz.address has address.address1, address.address2, and address.city, etc.
ANY help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

Geez .. Your class doesn't fulfill the javabean specifications. The properties should not be public.
It should rather look likepublic class TheAddress {
    // Properties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    private String address1;
    private String address2;
    // Constructors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public TheAddress() {
        // Default constructor.
    public TheAddress(String address1, String address2) {
        // Full constructor.
        this.address1 = address1;
        this.address2 = address2;
    // Getters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public String getAddress1() {
        return address1;
    public String getAddress2() {
        return address2;
    // Setters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public void setAddress1(String address1) {
        this.address1 = address1;
    public void setAddress2(String address2) {
        this.address2 = address2;
}