In a special case, I need to make the same as <jsp:useBean in Java class. It sounds like using org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils.cloneBean(Object bean) will do the work. But what is driving me crazy is that I can’t find the TLD associated to <jsp: tags, nor the class used by <jsp:useBean. Even <short-name>jsp</short-name> on Google gives me nothing. The JSP specs I found