servlet: cant see return in <c:out>

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I am trying to get this servlet /jsp pair working. the cut tags are not displaying anything. he problem lies with returning formToValidate with this statement:

req.setAttribute("formToValidate",formToValidate);


memberAddForm.jsp:

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core"%>
<c:set var="formToValidate" value="${formToValidate}"/>
<table>
	<tr>
		<td>Add Member</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td></td>
	</tr>
</table>
<form action="/MemberSerlvet" method="post">
<table>
	<tr>
		<td>First Name:</td>
		<td>
			<input type="text" name="firstName" value="<c:out value="${formToValidate.firstName}"/>">
			<sub><font color="red">
			
    	  	</font></sub>
	  	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Last Name:</td>
		<td>
			<input type="text" name="lastName" value="<c:out value="${formToValidate.lastName}"/>">
			<sub><font color="red">
			
    	  	</font></sub>
	  	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Email Address:</td>
		<td>
			<input type="text" name="emailAddress" value="<c:out value="${formToValidate.emailAddress}"/>">
			<sub><font color="red">
	   		
    	  	</font></sub>
	  	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Home Phone:</td>
		<td>
			<input type="text" name="homePhone" value="<c:out value="${formToValidate.homePhone}"/>">
			<sub><font color="red">
	   		
    	  	</font></sub>
	  	</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td colspan=2><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
	</tr>
</table>
</form>

MemberSerlvet:

package com.bdi.www.members;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class MemberSerlvet extends HttpServlet {

	private ServletContext context;
	private Context ctx;

	public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
		super.init(config);
		context = config.getServletContext();
		try{
			Context ctx = new InitialContext();
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

	}

	public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException{

		String firstName = req.getParameter("firstName");
		String lastName = req.getParameter("lastName");
		String emailAddress = req.getParameter("emailAddress");
		String homePhone = req.getParameter("homePhone");
		String toPage = "/memberAddForm.jsp";
		boolean allOk=true;
		MemberValidateForm formToValidate = new MemberValidateForm();
		allOk = formToValidate.validate(firstName,lastName,emailAddress,homePhone);
		System.out.println(formToValidate.getErrorMsg("lastName"));
		if(allOk){
			toPage = "/MemberAdd";
		}else{
			req.setAttribute("formToValidate",formToValidate);
               }
		RequestDispatcher dispatcher;
		dispatcher = context.getRequestDispatcher(toPage);
		dispatcher.forward(req, res);
	}
	
}



MemberValidateForm.java:


package com.bdi.www.members;

import java.util.*;

public class MemberValidateForm {

  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
  private String emailAddress;
  private String homePhone;
  private Hashtable errors;

  public boolean validate(String firstName,String lastName,String emailAddress,String homePhone) {
    boolean allOk=true;
    if (firstName.equals("")) {
      errors.put("firstName","Please enter your first name");
      firstName="";
      allOk=false;
    }
    if (lastName.equals("")) {
      errors.put("lastName","Please enter your last name");
      lastName="";
      allOk=false;
    }
    if (emailAddress.equals("") || (emailAddress.indexOf('@') == -1)) {
      errors.put("emailAddress","Please enter a valid email address");
      emailAddress="";
      allOk=false;
    }
    if (homePhone.equals("")) {
      errors.put("homePhone","Please enter a valid home phone number");
      homePhone="";
      allOk=false;
    }
    return allOk;
  }

  public String getErrorMsg(String s) {
    String errorMsg =(String)errors.get(s.trim());
    return (errorMsg == null) ? "":errorMsg;
  }

  public MemberValidateForm() {
    firstName="";
    lastName="";
    emailAddress="";
	homePhone="";
    errors = new Hashtable();
  }

  public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return lastName;
  }

  public String getEmailAddress() {
    return emailAddress;
  }

  public String getHomePhone() {
    return homePhone;
  }

  public void setFirstName(String fname) {
    firstName =fname;
  }

  public void setLastName(String lname) {
    lastName =lname;
  }

  public void setEmailAddress(String eml) {
    emailAddress=eml;
  }

  public void setHomePhone(String hp) {
    homePhone=hp;
  }

  public void setErrors(String key, String msg) {
    errors.put(key,msg);
  }

}