el表达式访问变量属性

在类中定义的私有变量，如下：
public class Pagination
{
private int pageSize = 20;

private int pageNum = 1;

private int recordCount;

private int pageCount;

private int firstResult;

private String pageUrl;
public int getPageSize()
{
calculate();

return pageSize;
}

public void setPageSize(int pageSize)
{
calculate();

this.pageSize = pageSize;
}

public int getRecordCount()
{
calculate();

return recordCount;
}

public void setRecordCount(int recordCount)
{
calculate();

this.recordCount = recordCount;
}

public int getFirstResult()
{
calculate();

return firstResult;
}

public void setFirstResult(int firstResult)
{
calculate();

this.firstResult = firstResult;
}

public String getPageUrl()
{
return pageUrl + "&pageNum=" + pageNum;
}

public void setPageUrl(String pageUrl)
{
this.pageUrl = pageUrl;
}

}
然后在jsp中这么设置属性值，
<c:forEach var="row" items="${ rs.rows }">
<jsp:setProperty name="pagination" property="recordCount"
value="${ row.count }" />
这个用private定义的，可以这么设置属性？不是public啊