Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

I am trying to disable a <html:text.../> field using JSTL and a property from the form. It will not work. Does anyone know the trick to making it work?

My Struts form bean has this (I've tried returning a boolean too, it still doesn't work.):

public String getDsblFld()
{
String out = Boolean.toString( !( isAdmin()) );
return out;
}

And the JSP has this:

<html:text property="accountName" size="15"
disabled="${editUserForm.dsblFld}"/>

However, if I do it using JSP code, it works, but I don't want to do it that way!

<%
boolean dsblFld = !((EditUserForm) request.getAttribute("editUserForm")).isAdmin();
%>
...
<html:text property="accountName" size="15"
disabled="<%=dsblFld%>"/>

How can I make it work using JSTL expressions? THANKS!