How to display data of an ArrayList using useBean; no JSTL

Question

My servlet is building an ArrayList of a specific class (or a null ArrayList) and then setting it as an attribute in request and then forward to a JSP. In the JSP I am displaying the contents of that ArrayList using scriptlet.

Now in the JSP I want to display the contents of that ArrayList using useBean technology. Is it possible? I already know how to do it using JSTL technology. But this question is about using only useBean technology i.e. no JSTL and of course no scriptlet.

This is my class TestClass:

public class TestClass implements Serializable {
   private int id;
   private String description;
   public int getId() { return this.id; }
   public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; }
   public String getDescription() { return this.description; }
   public void setDescription(String description) { this.description = description; }
}

This is how I populate the ArrayList in my Servlet TestClassServlet:

protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
   List<TestClass> testClassList = null;
   TestClass testClass = null;
   String criteria = request.getParameter("criteria");

   if (criteria == null || criteria.trim().isEmpty()) {
      request.setAttribute("result", testClassList);

   } else if (criteria.trim().equalsIgnoreCase("ALL")) {
      testClassList = new ArrayList<TestClass>();
      testClass = new TestClass();
      testClass.setId(1);
      testClass.setDescription("Normal");
      testClassList.add(testClass);
      testClass = new TestClass();
      testClass.setId(2);
      testClass.setDescription("Priority");
      testClassList.add(testClass);
      request.setAttribute("result", testClassList);

   } else {
      request.setAttribute("result", testClassList);

   }

   request.getRequestDispatcher("test.jsp").forward(request, response);
}

This is how I am displaying it in JSP through scriptlet:

<%
List<TestClass> testClassList = (List<TestClass>) request.getAttribute("result");
if (testClassList == null) {
%>
    <select id="select_testClassList" disabled="disabled">
    </select>
<%  
} else {
%>
    <select id="select_testClassList">
        <option value=""></option>
<%  
    for (TestClass testClass : testClassList) {
%>
        <option value="<%=testClass.getId()%>"><%=testClass.getDescription()%></option>
<%      
    }
%>
    </select>
<%
}
%>

I first tried the useBean with the class as java.util.List

<jsp:useBean id="testClassList" class="java.util.List" scope="request"></jsp:useBean>

But it did not even compile as I got this error message:

Cannot instantiate the type List

Fair enough as per specs of useBean technology. I change it to java.util.ArrayList with generics:

<jsp:useBean id="testClassList" class="java.util.ArrayList<TestClass>" scope="request"></jsp:useBean>

But then I got this error message:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /test2.jsp(14,0) The value for the useBean class attribute java.util.ArrayList is invalid.

I then change it to java.util.ArrayList without generics:

<jsp:useBean id="testClassList" class="java.util.ArrayList" scope="request"></jsp:useBean>

After that I dont get any error.

Now I dont know how to loop through the ArrayList using useBean technology. I think I have to use jsp:getProperty but that will work on object of TestClass and my concern is how to get object of TestClass from the ArrayList?

Thanks