JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition

Part IV, Appendixes

Appendix A

Contains descriptions of all standard JSP 2.0 elements.

Appendix B

Contains descriptions of all standard JSTL 1.1 elements, programming interfaces, and support classes.

Appendix C

Contains a description of the JSP EL syntax and rules.

Appendix D

Contains descriptions of all implicit objects available in a JSP page as defined by the servlet and JSP APIs, as well as the tag extension mechanism classes and interfaces.

Appendix E

Contains a description of the custom actions, beans, and utility classes used in the examples.

Appendix F, Web Application Structure and Deployment Descriptor Reference

Contains a description of the standard web application structure and all elements in the web application deployment descriptor.

If you’re a page author, I recommend that you focus on the chapters in Part I and Part II. You may want to browse through Part III to get a feel for how things work behind the scene, but don’t expect to understand everything if you aren’t a Java programmer.

If you’re a Java programmer, Part III is where the action is for you. If you’re already familiar with HTTP and servlets, you may want to move quickly through Part I. However, this part includes information about the web application concept introduced in the Servlet 2.2 API you may not be familiar with, even if you’ve worked with servlets for some time. I recommend you read Part II to learn how JSP works, but you may actually want to start with Part III to see how the various components ...