JSF-EL expansion inside of object using ADF in a JSP

Question

JSF-EF will not convert to text inside of <object><param>
I have an existing JSP application that uses an Applet. There is a lot of <% %> code that is passed to the Applet using the <param> tag.
My code goes as follows:
<%@ page stuff%>
<%@taglib stuff%>
<f:loadBundle stuff/>
<%
a lot of ugly java code that I've already ported to a Managed Bean like
String WORKS = "WORKS";
%>
<f:view>
<afh:html><afh:body><f:view><afh:head>blah</afh:head>
<afh:body><af:form><af:panelPage>
a lot of <f:facets>
<h:panelGrid columns="1">
<f:column>
<f:verbatim escape="false">
<af:outputText value="#{MyBean.WorksFine}"/>
</f:verbatim>
</f:column>
<f:column>
<f:verbatim escape="false">
<object classid="234" and more object stuff>
<param name="WORKS" value="WORKS"/>
<param name="<%=WORKS%>" value="<%=WORKS%>" />
<param name="#{MyBean.FAILS}" value="#{MyBean.FAILS}" />
</object>
</f:verbatim>
</f:column>
</f:panelGrid>
and so on to
</f:view>
To make a long story short my new implementation depends on being able to rid my JSP of all the <% %> stuff so that I can perform magic in my Managed Beans and then pass it to the third party applet.
I've tried using the <applet> tag and the <jsp:plugin> tags instead of the <object> tag and have the same problem. I also tried removing the escape="false" property from the <f:verbatim> tag. When I look at the Source in the Browser I see the #{MyBean.FAILS} instead of the value it holds. I can successfully use the JSF-EL references inside of a <f:verbatim> tag as long as I refer to it outside of the <object> tag. Once inside the <object> tag the expression is not evaluating.
My questions are:
(1) Is there anyway to use a JSF-EL expression inside of an <object> or <param> tag?
(2) Can you suggest another way that I might pass my Managed Bean properties to the Applet?
(3) As a worst case, is there anyway that I can access my Managed Bean Properties from inside the <% %> code?
Thanks. Mark

Answer 1

Since object and param are not JSF tags, there is no way to access JSF-EL.
As for accessing the managed beans, you should be able to do so as long as you know they've been instantiated at the point in the page where you make the reference and they are in a scope that you can access from JSP land (like session or application).
Not the answer you wanted, but I hope it helps.