useBean action

[George Pavamani]

Let us suppose if i have a statement in my jsp page like
<jsp:getProperty name ="xyz" property = "abc"/>
Is it necessary that i must have declared
<jsp:useBean id = "xyz" ...../> earlier in the code?
I mean , what if i use a code like "session.setAttribute("xyz", someobject) earlier in the code but not useBean tag, will it work??
we know that the value of the name attribute in jsp:setProperty and jsp:getProperty will refer to an object that is obtained from the pageContext object thrugh its findAttribute() method. SO i don't see a reason why it shouldn't work.
Is my understanding correct??. Please correct me if i am wrong
Thanks
George

[Bear Bibeault]

Have you tried it?
bear