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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
What is a JSP tag library?

Java programming is very different to writing HTML - web page authors expect a tag based language ... so why not provide one that provides some Java functionality? That's what tag libraries do. My slide shows a piece of Java program - defining a variable and calling a constructor; it's a pretty common thing to code and only two elements change - the name of the class and the name of the object created. And - because the java language and also the compiled class far format are published - geeks with enough knowledge could work out the class file data from the source code.

Using a tag library, a different way is chosen to specify the two things that vary - they're specified as attributes to a tag (and the tag type is used to select which standard profile is required). In that way, all the vital information that is needed to define the Java functionality is actually included within the tag, and there's no Java source code left at all!


A JSP is a web page in which Java is embedded within HTML, with the server processing it and sending only pure HTML to the browser. Using tage libraries, some (or all) of that Java can be replaced by tags which are much quicker to interpret, much more familiar-looking to the web developer, and will be set up to offer a restricted range of options only so they'll be more secure and less error prone.

(written 2009-05-01, updated 2009-05-02)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
J907 - JSP - JavaServer Pages
  [79] Last day of Java - (2004-10-08)
  [1050] The HTML++ Metalanguage - (2007-01-22)
  [1550] Java (JSP and Servlet examples) live on our server - (2008-02-23)
  [2147] A very easy JSP (Java Server Page) - (2009-05-01)
  [2183] Servlet life cycle, and Java Servlet variable scope - (2009-05-16)
  [2525] Using JSPs, Tag Libraries, Java Beans, Tomcat in one short example - (2009-12-04)
  [3046] Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why. - (2010-11-13)
  [3997] Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference? - (2013-02-06)

A507 - Web Application Deployment - Java - Servlets and JSPs
  [479] New servlet from old - (2005-10-28)
  [3044] Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling - (2010-11-12)
  [4431] A Java servlet that is also a stand alone program. And a server that is also a web client. - (2015-02-19)


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