3. JSP Elements

JSP Elements

There are 5 main basic elements of the jsp

3.1. Scripting elements

• Scriptlet
• Expressions
• Declarations

3.2. Directives

• Page directive

<%page language="java"
contentType = "any MIME type"
extends = "some java class"
import = "package.*,package.class"
session = "true/false"
isThreadSafe = "true/false"
errorPage = "some JSP"
isErrorPage = "true/fasle"
autoFlush = "true/flase"
buffer = "any amount of kb"
isELIgnored = "true/false"

• Include directive

<%@ include file="filename.jsp" %>

• taglib directive

<%@tagliburi="taglibURI" prefix="tag prefix"%>

3.3. Standard Actions

• jsp:include
• jsp:forward
• jsp:param
• jsp:useBean
• jsp:setProperty
• jsp:getProperty

3.4. EL(Expression Language)

3.5. JSTL(JSP Tag Library)