There is nothing to prevent you from calling a bean method with the request object or any other object that the JSP knows about. You just have to write your bean code that way. Bill
There are several answers. Bill is correct, you could write the bean to have a method which recieves the request or out objects. The classic answer for request parameters is to provide a setXXX for every parameter on the submit and set them in your bean with a simple call to < jas:setProperty name="beanName" property="*" /> There isn't a simple way to do that for the out Object hawever. The canned answer that you find is simply refactor your bean into a JSP Taglib. The Tag package has access to all the implicate Objects on a JSP page through the use of the PageContext object.