Form with request scope

I am trying to create a form which has request scope, so that it can be autopopulated when the form is displayed. However, when I go to the jsp the fields are not filled in and if I put debug statements in FormTag.doStartTag() I realize that the form is tied to a session scope. The following is

Exceptions in Struts code

I just installed Struts 1.0b2 with Websphere 3.5.3 and had one major problem. If I do not put a try catch in the FormTag.doEndTag() I receive an uncaught exception. I modified the method FormTag.doEndTag() to the following to catch the exceptions I was receiving from the removeAttribute()