Spring tags are not being evaluated in Custom Tags

[lomspring]

I'm trying to use <spring:message> tag in my custom tag, something like this:
<templateut name='title' content='<spring:message code="directory.title.home" />' direct='true'/>

But, it's not being evaluated.
I even tried putting this in a scriplet...
<%
String title = "<spring:message code=\"directory.title.home\"/>";
%>

<templateut name='title' content='<%=title%>' direct='true'/>

this way, it's evaluating title as "<spring:message...."

Can someone please help me ??

Thanks...

[katentim]

Ty:

<c&#58;set var="title"><spring&#58;message code=\"directory.title.home\"/></c&#58;set>
<template&#58;put name='title' content='<%=title%>' direct='true'/>