Is there always a second way in jsp?

After Tyler sent a question on the OpenMRS developpers' mailing list, we found out that we have to handle the complex obs in a different way from how we approached it. It seems like we need to define a java function then call it in jsp. We can use servlets but none of the openMRS structures contain these.

However, since Josh and JK ended up using jsp as well, they may help us discover the syntax. I will definitely have more time to work on our project, because now, i have everything installed on my PC using Xampp.

Let's see if there is a another way to do this