JavaServer Pages, Second Edition

Name

Page Directive

Synopsis

Defines page-dependent attributes, such as scripting language, error page, and buffering requirements.

Syntax

<@ page [autoFlush="true|false"] [buffer="8kb|NNkb|none"]
  [contentType="mimeType"] [errorPage="pageOrContextRelativePath"]
  [extends="className"] [import="packageList"] [info="info"]
  [isErrorPage="true|false"] [isThreadSafe="true|false"]
  [language="java|language"] [pageEncoding="encoding"]
  [session="true|false"
%>

Attributes

Attribute name	Default	Description
autoFlush	true	Set to true if the page buffer should be flushed automatically when it’s full or to false if an exception should be thrown when it’s full.
buffer	8kb	Specifies the buffer size for the page. The value must be expressed as the size in kilobytes followed by kb, or be the keyword none to disable buffering
contentType	text/html or text/xml	The MIME type for the response generated by the page and optionally the response charset, e.g., text/html;charset=Shift_JIS. The charset applies to the JSP page file as well, if pageEncoding isn’t specified. The default MIME type is text/html for a regular JSP page and text/xml for a JSP Document. If no charset is specified, ISO-8859-1 is used for a regular JSP page and UTF-8 for a JSP Document.
errorPage	No default	A page- or context-relative URI path for the JSP page, servlet, or static page to forward to in case an exception is thrown by code in the page.
extends	No default	The fully qualified name of a Java class the ...