Chapter 11. Developing Custom Tag Libraries as Tag Files
Starting with the 2.0 version of the JSP
specification, custom tag library actions can be implemented in two
ways: as Java classes or as regular text files containing JSP
elements. In prior versions, custom
actions could only be implemented as Java classes, putting them out
of the reach of nonprogrammers. Another problem with the Java
implementation of custom actions is that you’re
forced to printout HTML code with println( ) calls
to produce complex content—the very problem JSP was supposed to
solve.
In this chapter I show you how to develop custom actions as plain text files and package them as tag libraries that can be used in JSP pages.
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