A JSP File Contents:
A JSP file can contain the following:
a. HTML contents
b. JavaScript
c. Java Code
Combining the features of the above 3 mentioned items; we get a powerful entity called the JSP. JSPs are used for the User Interface layer or the more colloquially called Front End layer of any J2EE application.
JSP Skeleton
Below is how a Skeleton JSP File would look like. (The file has to be saved as .jsp)
// Page Imports
<%@ page import = "com.xyz.ClassName %>
// Tag Library References
<%@ taglib URI = "path to Taglib file" prefix = "xx" %>
// here xx refers to the prefix with which the tag library will be referred to
// HTML Head & Title Content
// Java Script Content
// HTML Body & Form Contents
Note: Java code can be placed within the <% %> tags in the body part of the JSP page within the Body tags.
As you can see, a JSP file is pretty straightforward. Also, an important point to note here is the fact that, not all of the entities mentioned above are mandatory. You can include or exclude any of the entities mentioned above, based on your requirement and convenience.
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JSP actions are XML tags that direct the server to use existing components or control the behavior of the JSP engine. JSP Actions consist of a typical (XML-based) prefix of "jsp" followed by a colon, followed by the action name followed by one or more attribute parameters. There are six JSP Actions: < jsp : include / > < jsp : forward / > < jsp : plugin / > < jsp : usebean / > < jsp : setProperty / > < jsp : getProperty / >
jsp means Java Server Pages.
The implicit objects in a JSP page are:requestresponsepageContextsessionapplicationoutconfigpage
The 3 life cycle methods in a JSP page are:jspInit() - Called when the JSP page is initializedjspService() - Called everytime a request/response is received/submittedjspDestroy() - Called when the JSP is no longer required
The Page Directive is one of the important components of any JSP Page. It can help us define page specific properties like Buffer size or location of an error page etc A JSP page, and any files included via the include directive, can contain one or more page directives but no duplicates. The JSP container will apply all the attributes to the page. The position of these page directives is irrelevant, but it is good practice to keep them together at the top of the page. (So that we can identify them easily)