title: custom tag development - attribute not working
body: <p>I'm trying to write a custom tab with attributes, but I can not get the tag handler class to read the attribute values. Using an <code>&lt;%= %&gt;</code> , I can get objValue to work.  But <code>objValue2</code> does not get evaluated when I use <code>${}</code>.</p>
  
  <p>jsp:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;% CommitmentItem ci = (CommitmentItem) request.getAttribute("commitmentItem"); %&gt;
  &lt;myTag:calPOP objValue="&lt;%= ci.getSource() %&gt;" objValue2="${commitmentItem.source}" &gt; &lt;/myTag:calPOP&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Tag Handler:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;getters &amp; setters here&gt;
  
  public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
   pc.setAttribute("objValue2", objValue);
   System.out.println("Object Value = " + objValue );
   System.out.println("Object2 Value = " + objValue2 );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Console output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Object Value = Contract W23AG-23
  Object2 Value = ${commitmentItem.source}
  </code></pre>