• Contents

  Page V

• + JavaServer Pages Pocket Reference

  Page 1

  • JSP Processing

    Page 2

  • + Directive Elements

    Page 4

    • Include Directive

      Page 4

    • Page Directive

      Page 5

    • Taglib Directive

      Page 7

  • + Standard Action Elements

    Page 7

    • <jsp:fallback>

      Page 8

    • <jsp:forward>

      Page 9

    • <jsp:getProperty>

      Page 10

    • <jsp:include>

      Page 10

    • <jsp:param>

      Page 11

    • <jsp:params>

      Page 12

    • <jsp:plugin>

      Page 12

    • <jsp:setProperty>

      Page 15

    • <jsp:useBean>

      Page 16

  • Comments

    Page 18

  • Escape Characters

    Page 19

  • + Scripting Elements

    Page 20

    • Scriptlets

      Page 20

    • Expressions

      Page 21

    • Declarations

      Page 22

  • + Implicit Objects

    Page 24

    • application

      Page 24

    • config

      Page 28

    • exception

      Page 29

    • out

      Page 30

    • page

      Page 31

    • pageContext

      Page 32

    • request

      Page 36

    • response

      Page 41

    • session

      Page 45

  • + Custom Actions

    Page 47

    • Developing Custom Actions

      Page 48

    • + Custom Actions That Do Not Process Their Bodies

      Page 51

      • Tag Interface

        Page 52

      • TagSupport Class

        Page 53

    • + Custom Actions That Process Their Bodies

      Page 58

      • BodyTag Interface

        Page 59

      • BodyTagSupport Class

        Page 60

      • BodyContent Class

        Page 61

    • + Actions Creating Objects

      Page 66

      • TagExtraInfo Class

        Page 67

      • VariableInfo Class

        Page 68

    • + Attribute Validation

      Page 71

      • TagData Class

        Page 72

  • Creating a Tag Library Descriptor

    Page 73

  • Packaging and Installing a Tag Library

    Page 78

  • The Web Archive (WAR) File

    Page 80

JavaServer Pages (JSP) is harmonizing how web designers and programmers create dynamic web pages. The reason for this is simple: JSP capitalizes on the power of Java servlets to create effective, reusable web applications.JSP allows you to develop robust, powerful web content, and the best part is that you're not required to be a hard-core Java programmer. JavaServer Pages Pocket Reference is the perfect companion volume to O'Reilly's best-selling JavaServer Pages, also by Hans Bergsten. This book provides detailed coverage of JSP syntax and processing, directive elements, standard action elements, scripting elements, implicit objects, custom actions, tag library description creation, and WARs.