Java bean field naming convention

Question

I posted this under the Desktop -> JavaBeans, but wasn't sure if that was the right place, so I'm posting here to:
I have an object with a field "iATANumber".
I have getters and setters like this:
    public String getIATANumber() {
        return iATANumber;
    public void setIATANumber(String iATANumber) {
        this.iATANumber = iATANumber;
    }In my jsp I'm trying to print it out like this:
${foo.iATANumber}and it doesn't work. I just get nothing, while all the other fields on my object work, and it prints out the number I want if I call the getter from a scriptlet.
Everything works great though if I change the field to iataNumber (note the change in case), and change the getter, setters and jstl to match. Then the jsp works fine.
The getter and setter names for iATANumber were generated useing IntelliJ, are they not right, and that's why ${foo.iATANumber} won't work?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The JavaBeans naming convention falls on its face if a property starts with a lower-case letter followed by an upper-case letter. The commonest way to find this problem is to call your property "eMailAddress" but you have found a different way.
You also found a solution. Workarounds are the best you can do here.