Chapter 7. Tag Libraries: The Basics
Topics in This Chapter
- Identifying tag library components
- Creating simple custom tags
- Handling attributes in custom tags
- Outputting tag bodies
- Creating JSP-based custom tags with tag files
As discussed in Volume 1 (Section 11.2) of Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, you have many options when it comes to generating dynamic content inside the JSP page. These options are as follows:
- Scripting elements calling servlet code directly
- Scripting elements calling servlet code indirectly (by means of utility classes)
- Beans
- Servlet/JSP combo (MVC)
- MVC with JSP expression language
- Custom tags
The options at the top of the list are much simpler to use and are just as legitimate as the options at the bottom of the ...
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