14.8. Using Nested Tags
Although Listing 14.21 places the csajsp:prime element within the csajsp:repeat element, the two elements are independent of each other. The first generates a prime number regardless of where it is used, and the second repeats the enclosed content regardless of whether that content uses a csajsp:prime element.
Some tags, however, depend on a particular nesting. For example, in standard HTML, the TD and TH elements can only appear within TR, which in turn can only appear within TABLE. The color and alignment settings of TABLE are inherited by TR, and the values of TR affect how TD and TH behave. So, the nested elements cannot act in isolation even when nested properly. Similarly, the tag library descriptor file makes use ...
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