Java

request.setAttribute("student", student);

// scriptlets work fine - I just want to use JSTL for this
<c:set var="student" value='${requestScope.student}' scope="request" />
<input type='text' value='${student.FirstName}' /> // without single quotes
<input type='text' value='${student.FirstName}' /> // with single quotes

<input type='text' value='<c:out value='${student.FirstName}' />' /> // using <c:out> - with single quotes
<input type='text' value=<c:out value='${student.FirstName}' /> /> // using <c:out> - without single quotes

ArrayList<Employee> list_employees = m_objDbLayer.GetEmployeesAll();
int employee_count = list_employees.size();

request.setAttribute("employee_count", employee_count);
request.setAttribute("list_employees", list_employees);

RequestDispatcher dispatcher = request.getRequestDispatcher("/ViewEmployeesPage.jsp");

dispatcher.forward(request, response);

<%@page import="java.util.ArrayList"%>
<%@page import="/WEB-INF/classes/Employee" %>

<!-- all the starting HTML tags here-->

<%
int employee_count= (int)request.getAttribute("employee_count");
out.println("Total Employees: " + employee_count);

ArrayList<Employee> list_users =new ArrayList<Employee>();
list_users = (ArrayList<Employee>)request.getAttribute("list_employees");
%>

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1- Cannot cast from Object to int<br />
2- Employee cannot be resolved to a type<br />