Since there's lots of questions scattered:
According to the Spec.
El dot only throws Exception if myBean and myBeanProperty are not null, but getMyBeanProperty() doesn't exist in MyBean Class.
(Also if Exception thrown by getter itself)
This is only a problem for beans.
Sorry, the arrangement of the list isn't clear here. See the spec.
JavaServer Pages 2.0 Specification
General Syntax of the Expression Language
pp 1-68
[ February 23, 2005: Message edited by: P. Dunn ]