Hello
mmm, yes works, but you must use an ActionForm or ValidatorForm (based in Pojo), your way no use an ActionForm or pjo variables where is the <html:form> ???
is easier than use the classic request way, and think about validation and messages, is very related with the Form
i no saw any tag (bean and html) in your example, very long time ago that i didnt use request to assign values
regards