Name one advantage of JSP over Servlets

Can contain HTML, JavaScript, XML and Java Code whereas Servlets can contain only Java Code, making JSPs more flexible and powerful than Servlets.

However, Servlets have their own place in a J2EE application and cannot be ignored altogether. They have their strengths too which cannot be overseen.

What is JSP expression language

A language used to write expressions that access the properties of JavaBeans components. EL expressions can be used in static text and in any standard or custom tag attribute that can accept an expression

What is JSP custom tag

A tag that references a JSP custom action

Difference Between Servlets And JSP

Servlets and Java Server Pages are complementary APIs, both providing a means for generating dynamic Web content. A servlet is a Java class implementing the javax.servlet.Servlet interface that runs within a Web or application server’s servlet engine, servicing client requests forwarded to it through the server. A Java Server Page is a slightly more complicated beast. JSP pages contain a mixture of HTML, Java scripts (not to be confused with JavaScript), JSP elements, and JSP directives. The elements in a Java Server Page will generally be compiled by the JSP engine into a servlet, but the JSP specification only requires that the JSP page execution entity follow the Servlet Protocol.

The advantage of Java Server Pages is that they are document-centric. Servlets, on the other hand, look and act like programs. A Java Server Page can contain Java program fragments that instantiate and execute Java classes, but these occur inside an HTML template file and are primarily used to generate dynamic content. Some of the JSP functionality can be achieved on the client, using JavaScript. The power of JSP is that it is server-based and provides a framework for Web application development. Rather than choosing between servlets and Java Server Pages, you will find that most non-trivial applications will want to use a combination of JSP and servlets. In fact, the JSP 1.1 and Servlet 2.2 specifications are based around the concept of the Web application, combining the two APIs into a unified framework.

Types of Comments in JSP

There are two types of comments are allowed in the JSP. These are hidden and output comments. A hidden comments does not appear in the generated output in the html, while output comments appear in the generated output.

Example of hidden comment:

<%– This is hidden comment –%>

Example of output comment:<!– This is output comment –>

A JSP page, include.jsp, has a instance variable “int a”, now this page is statically included in another JSP page, index.jsp, which has a instance variable “int a” declared. What happens when the index.jsp page is requested by the client

Compilation error, as two variables with same name can’t be declared. This happens because, when a page is included statically, entire code of included page becomes part of the new page. at this time there are two declarations of variable ‘a’. Hence compilation error.

Can I stop JSP execution while in the midst of processing a request

Yes. Preemptive termination of request processing on an error condition is a good way to maximize the throughput of a high-volume JSP engine. The trick (assuming Java is your scripting language) is to use the return statement when you want to terminate further processing.

How many JSP scripting elements and what are they

There are three scripting language elements:

Declarations
Scriptlets
Expressions

How do I use a scriptlet to initialize a newly instantiated bean

A jsp:useBean action may optionally have a body. If the body is specified, its contents will be automatically invoked when the specified bean is instantiated. Typically, the body will contain scriptlets or jsp:setProperty tags to initialize the newly instantiated bean, although you are not restricted to using those alone.

The following example shows the “today” property of the Foo bean initialized to the current date when it is instantiated. Note that here, we make use of a JSP expression within the

<jsp:setProperty actionvalue=””/ >

What is a JSP and what is it used for

Java Server Pages (JSP) is a platform independent presentation layer technology that comes with SUN s J2EE platform. JSPs are normal HTML pages with Java code pieces embedded in them. JSP pages are saved to *.jsp files. A JSP compiler is used in the background to generate a Servlet from the JSP page.