JavaServer Page Custom Tags

It took me a little time before I finally grasped the concepts and usefulness of JSP custom tags. My first real introduction to them was in the original Java Pet Store exemplar application.[4] I have to admit that the first version of this application had wonderful high-level documentation,[5] but when it came to matching up the code that I saw with the documentation in the book, I found myself scratching my head. Subsequent versions of this application are not only easier to read and understand but also make a lot more sense now that I understand the concepts of virtual roots and custom tags.

[4] The Java™ Pet Store Demo is a sample application from the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) BluePrints Program ...

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