JAVASERVER PAGES™ (JSP™) SYNTAX

1.All tags are case sensitive. ( a , A)
2.A pair of single quotes is equivalent to a pair of double quotes. (  ' '  =  " " )
3.Spaces are not allowed between an equals sign and an attribute value. (     =     )
4. JSP and XML syntax cannot be mixed within a page. ( %  jsp: )
5. A page in one syntax can include or forward to a page in the other syntax.
6. Some action elements have attributes whose value can be computed at request time.
*** plain text = required bold = default bold-italics = user-defined  | = or    [ ] = optional { } = required choice ... = list of items + = can repeat

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Root Defines standard elements and namespace attributes of tag libraries.
JSP     No equivalent.
XML  <jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" [xmlns:taglibPrefix=" URI"]+ ... version="1.2"> other elements </jsp:root>

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Comment Documents the JSP file, but is not included in the response.
JSP    <%-- comment --%>
XML No equivalent.

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Declaration Declares variables or methods valid in the page’s scripting language.
JSP   <%! declaration; [ declaration ; ]+ ... %>
XML<jsp:declaration>declaration [ declaration ; ]+ ...</jsp:declaration>

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Expression Contains an expression valid in the page’s scripting language.
JSP   <%= expression %>
XML<jsp:expression>expression </jsp:expression>

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Scriptlet Contains a code fragment valid in the page’s scripting language.
JSP   <% code fragment %>
XML<jsp:scriptlet>code fragment</jsp:scriptlet>

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Text Encloses template data
JSP     No equivalent.
XML <jsp:text> template data</jsp:text>

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Include Directive Includes a file, parsing the file’s JSP elements.
JSP  <%@ include file="relativeURL" %>
XML<jsp:directive.include file="relativeURLspec" />

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Page Directive Defines attributes that apply to a JSP page.
JSP <%@ page
[ language="java" ] [ extends="package.class" ] [ import="{ package.class | package.*} , ... " ][ session=" true |false" ]
[ buffer="none| 8kb|sizekb" ] [ autoFlush="true|false" ][ isThreadSafe=" true|false" ] [ info="text" ][ errorPage=" relativeURL " ] [ isErrorPage="true| false" ]
[ contentType="{mimeType [ ; charset=characterSet ] |text/html ; charset=ISO-8859-1}" ][ pageEncoding="{characterSet | ISO-8859-1}" ]
%>
XML <jsp:directive.page pageDirectiveAttrList /> where pageDirectiveAttrList is the same as the list in the JSP column.

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Taglib Directive Defines a tag library and prefix for custom tags used in the JSP page.
JSP    <%@ taglib uri="URI" prefix=" tagPrefix" %>
XML No equivalent. Included in Root

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< tagPrefix:name> Accesses a custom tag’s functionality.
JSP   <tagPrefix:name attribute="value"+ ... /> | <tagPrefix:name attribute="value"+ ... > other tags and data    </tagPrefix:name>
XML Same JSP Syntax

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<jsp:forward> Forwards a request to a web resource.
JSP    <jsp:forward page="{relativeURL | <%= expression %> }" { /> | > [ <jsp:param name="parameterName" value="{parameterValue
                                                               | <%= expression %>}" /> ] + </jsp:forward> }
XML  Same JSP Syntax

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<jsp:getProperty> Inserts the value of a bean property into the result.
JSP   <jsp:getProperty name="beanInstanceName "property="propertyName" />
XML Same JSP Syntax

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<jsp:include> Includes a static file or the result from another web component.
JSP   <jsp:include page="{relativeURL | <%= expression %>}" [ flush="true | false" ]{ /> | > [ <jsp:param name="parameterName" value="{ parameterValue
                                                             | <%= expression %>}" /> ] +</jsp:include> }
XMLSame JSP Syntax

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<jsp:plugin> Causes the execution of an applet or bean. The applet or bean executes in the specified plugin. If the plugin is not available, displays a dialog to
initiate the download of the plugin software.
JSP  <jsp:plugin type="bean|applet" code="classFileName " codebase="classFileDirectoryName"
[ name="instanceName" ] [ archive="URIToArchive , ..." ] [ align="bottom|top|middle|left|right" ]
[ height="{displayPixels | <%= expression %>}" ] [ width="{displayPixels | <%= expression %>}"]
[ hspace="leftRightPixels" ] [ vspace="topBottomPixels " ] [ jreversion="JREVersionNumber | 1.2" ]
[ nspluginurl="URLToPlugin" ] [ iepluginurl="URLToPlugin " ] > [ <jsp:params>
[ <jsp:param name="parameterName"value="{parameterValue | <%= expression %>}" /> ]+
</jsp:params> ][ <jsp:fallback> text message if plugin download fails </jsp:fallback> ] </jsp:plugin>
XML Same JSP Syntax

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<jsp:setProperty> Sets a bean property value or values.
JSP   <jsp:setProperty name="beanInstanceName "
          { property="*" | property="propertyName " [ param="parameterName" ] | property="propertyName " value="{string | <%= expression%>}" } />
XML Same JSP Syntax

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<jsp:useBean> Locates or instantiates a bean with a specific name and scope.
JSP   <jsp:useBean id="beanInstanceName" scope=" page|request|session|application"
         { class="package.class" [ type="package.class" ] | beanName="{package.class | <%= expression %>}"
                                                type="package.class" |type="package.class "}{ /> | > other elements </jsp:useBean> }
XMLSame JSP Syntax

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