You can use <jsp:setProperty>

But you already knew that where there’s a get there’s usually a set. The <jsp:setProperty> tag is the third and final bean standard action. It’s simple to use:

<jsp:useBean id="person" class="foo.Person" scope="request" />
<jsp:setProperty name="person" property="name" value="Fred" />
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