setStyleClass using conditions

Sorry for another question, but here it is:

Is it possible to call setStyleClass and pass a conditional expression? For instance, on all static JSPs in our system, a line like this works perfectly:

styleClass ="#{myBB.rowIndex == myBB.sortedModel.rowIndex ? 'selectedStyleBlue' : ''}"

However, if I am using a dynamic datatable and calling setStyleClass as

detailText.setStyleClass("#{myBB.rowIndex == myBB.sortedModel.rowIndex ? 'selectedStyleBlue' : ''}");

it completely ignores the styleClass. Moreover, if I call it like this, it works:

detailText.setStyleClass("selectedStyleBlue");

detailText is an instance of HtmlOutputText. What am I doing wrong?

[789 byte] By [Bart69a] at [2007-10-3 9:16:23]