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The J2EE™ Tutorial Second Edition
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The J2EE™ Tutorial Second Edition

by Stephanie Bodoff, Eric Armstrong, Jennifer Ball, Debbie Bode Carson, Ian Evans, Dale Green, Kim Haase, Eric Jendrock
June 2004
Intermediate to advanced
1568 pages
30h 33m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 16. Scripting in JSP Pages

JSP scripting elements allow you to use Java programming language statements in your JSP pages. Scripting elements are typically used to create and access objects, define methods, and manage the flow of control. Many tasks that require the use of scripts can be eliminated by using custom tag libraries, in particular the JSP Standard Tag Library. Because one of the goals of JSP technology is to separate static data from the code needed to dynamically generate content, very sparing use of JSP scripting is recommended. Nevertheless, there may be some circumstances that require its use.

There are three ways to create and use objects in scripting elements:

  • Instance and class variables of the JSP page's servlet class ...

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