Tags using in jsp
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Tags using
in jsp
In this article we will learn about
the various tags available in JSP with suitable examples. In JSP tags can be
divided into 4 different types. These are:
Directives: In the directives we
can import packages, define error handling pages or the session information of
the JSP page.
Declarations: This tag is used for defining the
functions and variables to be used in the JSP.
Scriplets: In this tag we can insert any amount of
valid java code and these codes are placed in _jspService method by the
JSP engine.
Expressions: We can use this tag to output any data
on the generated page. These data are automatically converted to string and
printed on the output stream.
Now we will examine each tags in details with examples.
DIRECTIVES
Syntax of JSP directives is:
<%@directive
attribute="value" %>
Where directive may be:
- page: page is used to provide
the information about it.
Example: <%@page language="java" %>
- include: include is used to
include a file in the JSP page.
Example: <%@ include file="/header.jsp" %>
- taglib: taglib is used to use
the custom tags in the JSP pages (custom tags allows us to defined our own
tags).
Example: <%@ taglib uri="tlds/taglib.tld" prefix="mytag" %>
and
attribute may be:
- language="java"
This tells the server that the page is using the java language. Current JSP specification supports only java language.
Example: <%@page language="java" %>
- extends="mypackage.myclass"
This attribute is used when we want to extend any class. We can use comma(,) to import more than one packages.
Example: <%@page language="java" import="java.sql.*,mypackage.myclass" %>
- session="true"
When this value is true session data is available to the JSP page otherwise not. By default this value is true.
Example: <%@page language="java" session="true" %>
- errorPage="error.jsp"
errorPage is used to handle the un-handled exceptions in the page.
Example: <%@page language="java" session="true" errorPage="error.jsp" %>
- contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"
Use this attribute to set the mime type and character set of the JSP.
Example: <%@page language="java" session="true" contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" %>
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