Java Server Pages(JSP)

Sun Microsystems
 Java Server Pages(JSP)
Methods
jspInit()
jspDestroy()
_jspService()
 Java Server Pages(JSP)
• Directives
• page
• include
• taglib
 Page Directive
Attribute Default Value
• Language Java
• Extends -
• Import -
• Session true
• Buffer 8k
• autoFlush true
• isThreadSafe false
• isErrorPage false
• errorPage -
• contentType text/html
• Usage : <%@ page language="java" %>
 Include directive
• <%@ include file="file" %>

Tag directive
• uri
• tagPrefix
• Usage : <%@ taglib
uri="http://www.myserver.com/mytag"
perfix="someprefix" />
 Scripting elements
1. Declarations
<%!

%>
2. Scriptlets
<%

%>
3. Expressions
<%= Object.toString() %>
 Standard Actions
• <jsp:useBean>

• <jsp:setProperty>

• <jsp:getProperty>

• <jsp:param>

• <jsp:include>

• <jsp:forward>

• <jsp:plugin>
 jsp:useBean
• id
• Scope
• class
• beanName
• Usage : <jsp:useBean id=“bid” class=“Abc”/>
jsp:setProperty / jsp:getProperty
• name

• Property
• Usage : <jsp:setProperty
name=“abc” property=“propertyName”>
<jsp:param …./>
</jsp:setProperty>
 jsp:param
• name
• Value
• Usage : <jsp:param
name=“paramName” value=“paramValue”>
 jsp:include
• page
• Flush
• Usage : <jsp:include
page=“URL” flush=“true/false”>
 jsp:forward
• Page
• Usage : <jsp:forward page=“URL” />
Implicit Objects

JavaServerPages
 Implicit Objects

page javax.servlet.jsp.HttpJspPage
config javax.servlet.ServletConfig
request javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
response javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
out javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter
session javax.servlet.http.HttpSession
application javax.servlet.ServletContext
pageContext javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext
exception java.lang.Throwable
 config
• getInitParameterNames()
– Retrieves the names of all Initialization
parameters
• getInitParameter(String)
– Retrieves the value of the named initialization
parameter
 request
• getParameterNames()
– Returns the names of all request parameters
• getParameter(String)
– Returns the first(or primary) value of a single
request parameter
• getParameterValues(String)
– Retrieves all of the values for a single request
parameter
• getCookies()
– Retrieves all of the Cookies associated with the
request
 response
• setContentType(String)
– Set the MIME type
• sendRedirect(String)
– Sends the response to the browser indicationg it
should request an alternate URL
• addCookie ()
– Add a Cookies associated with the response
 out
• Print[ln](String)
– Sends the output to the browser
• clearBuffer()
– Clears the contents of the output buffer
• newLine()
– Writes a newline
• close()
– Closes the output Stream
 session
• getValue(String)
– Returns the value of session item
• putValue(String, Object)
– Adds item to the session
• getId()
– Returns the Session ID
• getCreationTime()
– Returns the
• invalidate()
 application
• getServerInfo()
– Returns the name and version of the servlet
container
• getMajorVersion()
– Returns the Major version of servlet API for the
servlet container
• getMinorVersion()
– Returns the Minor version of servlet API for
the servlet container
• getMimeType()
 exception
• getMessage()
– Returns the descriptive error message
• printStackTrace(out)
– Prints the execution stack in effect when the
exception was thrown
• toString()
– Returns a string combining the class name of
the exception with its error message
ThankQ