Accessing bean properties problem

[Janne Mattila]

Let's say I have a collection of Choice objects, each having attributes key 
and name. I want to iterate the collection on JSP, display it's contents and 
add a delete button for each choice. Delete button value should contain 
"delete_" appended with each choice's key. Following works:

(1)
 <logic:iterate id="choice" name="choicesForm" property="choices">
   <tr>
     <td><bean:write name="choice" property="key"/></td>
     <td><bean:write name="choice" property="name"/></td>
     <bean:define id="choiceKey" name="choice" property="key" />
     <td><html:image src="delete.gif" value="<%= "delete_" + choiceKey %>" 
/></td>
   </tr>
 </logic:iterate>

the problem is the required additional <bean:define> that I would like to 
avoid. Trying

(2)
 <logic:iterate id="choice" name="choicesForm" property="choices">
   <tr>
     <td><bean:write name="choice" property="key"/></td>
     <td><bean:write name="choice" property="name"/></td>
     <td><html:image src="delete.gif" value="<%= "delete_" + 
choice.getKey() %>" /></td>
   </tr>
 </logic:iterate>

just results in
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
3\server\default\work\MainEngine\localhost\struts-helloworld\pages\jannen\listChoices_jsp.java:200: 
cannot resolve symbol
   [javac] symbol  : method getKey ()
   [javac] location: class java.lang.Object
   [javac]               _jspx_th_html_image_2.setValue( "delete_" + 
choice.getKey() );

since choice is Object... Adding the correct cast results in horrible
<td><html:image src="delete.gif" value="<%= "delete_" + 
((com.someCompany.someProject.somePackage.Choice)choice).getKey() %>" 
/></td>

I guess I could improve on that by adding some imports to have this
<td><html:image src="delete.gif" value="<%= "delete_" + 
((Choice)choice).getKey() %>" /></td>

but then I am left with the task of updating the imports on JSP pages and I 
feel that there could/should be a simpler way. Any ideas? Unfortunately JSP 
2.0 is not an option for me at the moment.

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