Special Edition Using Java™ Server Pages and Servlets

Chapter 29. Extending JSP with New Tags

In this chapter

• A "Hello World" Tag

• Packaging and Installing a Tag

• Conditional Includes Using Custom Tags

• Accessing Tag Attributes

• Processing Body Content with a Custom Tag

• Adding Scripting Variables

Many times, you need a Web designer to design your Java Server Pages. The designer might be an expert with HTML, but might not know anything about Java. The <jsp:useBean>, <jsp:setProperty>, and <jsp:getProperty> tags allow you to make parts of your application accessible through tags, but you can't invoke bean methods without using either the <% or <%= tags. You can also provide some additional flexibility with the <jsp:include> and <jsp:forward> tags, but these tags are often overkill. You need a way to allow a Web ...