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Java JSP Programming Tutorial

This document discusses Java Server Pages (JSP) scripting elements and directives, explaining that JSP allows embedding of Java code within HTML documents to separate presentation from processing by automatically converting JSP files into servlets, and covers JSP components like directives, comments, expressions, scriptlets, and declarations that map to elements of the Java programming language.

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Java JSP Programming Tutorial

This document discusses Java Server Pages (JSP) scripting elements and directives, explaining that JSP allows embedding of Java code within HTML documents to separate presentation from processing by automatically converting JSP files into servlets, and covers JSP components like directives, comments, expressions, scriptlets, and declarations that map to elements of the Java programming language.

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CS320 Web and Internet Programming

JSP Scripting Elements and Directives

Chengyu Sun
California State University, Los Angeles
Java Server Page (JSP)
Why?
Its tedious to generate HTML using
println()
Separate presentation from processing
How?
Java code embedded in HTML documents
HelloJSP1.jsp

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0


Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Hello JSP 1</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>A JSP without J or S.</BODY>
</HTML>
HelloJSP2.jsp
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>JSP Hello World</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>Hello World on <%= new java.util.Date() %>.
</BODY>
</HTML>
How Does JSP Work?

convert compile execute


JSP Servlet ByteCode

automatically done by server

Look under
$TOMCAT_HOME/work/Catalina/localho
st/context_name
Eclipse Work Directory
$WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.e
clipse.wst.server.core/tmp0
Or tmp1, tmp2, if you created multiple
server runtimes in Eclipse
Some Simple Observations
about the JSP/Servlets
HttpJspBase is a subclass of HttpServlet
_jspService() handles everything
replaces service() in HttpServlet
What happened to doGet(), doPost(), ...??
HTML text out.write(...)
JSP Components
HTML template text
Code elements of Java
Directives
Comments
Scripting elements
Beans
Expression language
Custom tag libraries
Directives
<%@ type attr=value ... %>
Three types of directives
page
include
taglib
Some Page Directives

<%@ page import=java.util.*, java.util.zip.* %>

<%@ page contentType=text/html %>

<%@ page pageEncoding=Shift_JIS %>

<%@ page session=false %> <%-- default is true --%>


Comments
<%-- Hidden Comments --%>
<!-- Output (HTML) Comments -->
JSP Scripting Elements
JSP Expression
JSP Scriptlet
JSP Declaration
Elements of a Programming
Language
Comments
Literals
Variables and Types
Operators
Expressions: anything that evaluates to a single value
Statements
Functions
Classes
Packages
JSP Expressions
<%= Java expression %>

<%= expression %> in JSP

out.write( expression ) in _jspService()


Example: Add.jsp
Add two integer parameters and display
the sum
Pre-defined Variables
request, response, out
session, application
config, pageContext
page

The same request, response, session etc. that are used


in servlets see the Servlet API documentation for what
you can do with them.
JSP Scriptlets
<% Java code %>
All code goes inside _jspService()
Example: Add.jsp Again
Add the code to validate the parameters
Another Scriptlet Example

<% if( Math.random() < 0.5) { %>


<H1>Have a <I>nice</I> day!</H1>
<% } else { %>
<H1>Have a <I>lousy</I> day!</H1>
<% } %>
JSP Declarations
<%! class variables or methods %>
All code goes outside _jspService()
Example: RequestCounter.jsp
Initialize a counter as a class variable
Increment the counter each time the
JSP is requested
About JSP Scripting Elements

JSP Scripting Elements


JSP Expression
JSP Scriptlet
JSP Declaration
There is a straightforward mapping
between JSP with scripting elements
and servlet
About JSP Scripting
Elements
Mixing presentation and processing
Hard to read, debug, or maintain
No clean and easy way to reuse code
Do NOT use them

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