JSPX EL 2.2 method calling using EL 2.1

I have JSP that works fin开发者_高级运维e in Tomcat 7 but does not work in Tomcat 6 which I assume is the fact that you cannot call methods (other than getters/setter) from EL 2.1.

The method I need to call cannot be named as a getter.

I figured out a workaround and thought I would post the answer:

If you have Spring installed you can use Spring EL so that you can call methods on objects

For example:

<spring:eval expression="pic.thumbnailUrl()" var="thumbnail" />