How to reference a static value in JSF

[JS Portal Support]

Hi,

Just started to implement Shale and JSF. As I've always worked more with
scriptlets and Servlets I can't seem to figure out how to reference a public
static value from one of my classes in my JSP's. I've always used:

<input type="hidden" name="a"
value="<%=com.jsportal.projectportal.web.webActions.login%>"/>

Now I try to achieve this with the following:

<h:inputHidden id="a"
value="${com.jsportal.projectportal.web.webActions.login}"/>

I understand this doesn't work as it will try to call
com.getJsportal()....etc. But how do I do it, as the <%=%> is not allowed in
these taglib tags?

Thanks,
Joost