JSP - Basic

Principles Understand how a JSP is translated into an equivalent servlet at run-time, and the influence of the jsp tags (mentioned in these objectives) on the produced servlet. Know the distinct syntax for the different JSP tag types: directive, declaration, action, scriptlet, expression, comment. Implicit Objects

• request
• response
• out
• page
• pageContext
• config
• exception
• session
• application

Include & Forward Know how to include another JSP. Know the difference between using the include directive and the include action.
Use the forward action.
Understand the difference between forward and redirect. Directives Import a Java class into a JSP page.
Know basic things about page directives and what they do.
Know the difference among page, include and taglib directives.
Know the valid values for each directive tags.
Scriptlets & Expressions Write scriptlets for displaying part of the JSP file in a conditional statement and in a loop. Distinguish a scriptlet from an expression, know what Java code you might (not) put in each. Use an expression inside a JSP action attribute. Expression Language Use the expression language to access a request, session or application parameter/attribute. Basic usage of the arithmetic, relational operators, and the . operator. Not included: EL functions, collection access. Custom Tags Import a custom tag library into a page. Use an existing custom tag. Basic usage of these JSTL core tags: if, forEach, choose. Comments Understand the difference between the HTML comment and the JSP comment.