JavaServer Pages Pocket Reference

<jsp:plugin>

The <jsp:plugin> action generates HTML <embed> or <object> elements (depending on the browser type) that result in the download of the Java Plug-in software (if required) and subsequent execution of the specified Java applet or JavaBeans™ component. The body of the action can contain a <jsp:params> element to specify applet parameters and a <jsp:fallback> element to specify the text that will be shown in browsers that do not support the <embed> or <object> HTML elements. For more information about the Java Plug-in, see http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/.

The <jsp:plugin> action supports the attributes described in Table 1-8.

Table 1-8. Attributes for <jsp:plugin>

Name	Java type	Request-time value accepted	Description
align	String	no	Optional. The alignment of the applet area, one of bottom, middle, or top.
archive	String	no	Optional. A comma-separated list of URIs for archives containing classes and other resources that will be “preloaded.” The classes are loaded using an instance of an AppletClassLoader with the given codebase. Relative URIs for archives are interpreted with respect to the applet’s codebase.
code	String	no	Mandatory. The fully qualified class name for the object.
codebase	String	no	Mandatory. The relative URL for the directory that contains the class file. According to the HTML 4.0 specification, the directory must be a subdirectory of the directory containing the page.
height	String	no	Optional. The ...