Are form tags tied to beans?!!!

[Jonathan]

I need to dynamically fill a form with values.  The problem is that <html:text> and other form tags REQUIRE the attribute "property".  However, there may be fields that I submit that I DONT want to be values in the bean.  For example, I may want to add a hidden field that is NOT a value in the bean, but merely a "flag" in the request.  How is this done in a clean way, considering that the form tags all require "property" as an attribute, and that value must be a member value in a bean?