Using EL variable in struts bean:message tag(not struts EL tag)

Question

Is there any work around to use an EL variable inside struts bean:message tag as key:
I have like this:
<bean:message key="${bean.keyName}"/>
which is throwing error , I know this can be resolved by using struts-el tags but i cannot use them for specific reasons.
I dont want to use bean:define tag to define my 'bean' and then use like this:
<bean:message key="<%=bean.getKeyName%>"/> (this actually works, but i want to use EL variable)
Is there any work around to use EL variable and make the message display on the jsp.
i tried multiple ways like scriplets and jsp:useBean but nothing worked, Please let me know..
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Im pretty sure that EL does not work in the normal struts tag unless its struts-el tag.Have you tried it?
As I said, in a properly configured JSP2.0 container you can use EL expressions anywhere you could traditionally use a standard runtime expression <%= expr %>.
What server are you using? What JSP version?
The Struts-el tags were written so that you could use EL with struts in JSP1.2 containers.
The c_rt tags were written so you could use runtime expressions with JSTL tags in JSP1.2 containers. Their use was discouraged even then. Now I consider their use absolutely unnecessary.
Please read this thread: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=629437&tstart=0
Cheers,
evnafets