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JSP Directives

JSP directives provide instructions to the container on how to handle aspects of JSP processing. The main directives are page, include, and taglib which define page attributes, include other files, and declare tag libraries respectively. Each directive has specific attributes that control their functionality.

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JSP Directives

JSP directives provide instructions to the container on how to handle aspects of JSP processing. The main directives are page, include, and taglib which define page attributes, include other files, and declare tag libraries respectively. Each directive has specific attributes that control their functionality.

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JSP - DIRECTIVES

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JSP directives provide directions and instructions to the container, telling it how to handle certain
aspects of JSP processing.

A JSP directive affects the overall structure of the servlet class. It usually has the following form:

<%@ directive attribute="value" %>

Directives can have a number of attributes which you can list down as key-value pairs and
separated by commas.

The blanks between the @ symbol and the directive name, and between the last attribute and the
closing %>, are optional.

There are three types of directive tag:

Directive Description

<%@ page ... %> Defines page-dependent attributes, such as scripting language,
error page, and buffering requirements.

<%@ include ... %> Includes a file during the translation phase.

<%@ taglib ... %> Declares a tag library, containing custom actions, used in the page

The page Directive:


The page directive is used to provide instructions to the container that pertain to the current JSP
page. You may code page directives anywhere in your JSP page. By convention, page directives
are coded at the top of the JSP page.

Following is the basic syntax of page directive:

<%@ page attribute="value" %>

You can write XML equivalent of the above syntax as follows:

<jsp:directive.page attribute="value" />

Attributes:
Following is the list of attributes associated with page directive:

Attribute Purpose

buffer Specifies a buffering model for the output stream.

autoFlush Controls the behavior of the servlet output buffer.

contentType Defines the character encoding scheme.

errorPage Defines the URL of another JSP that reports on Java unchecked
runtime exceptions.

isErrorPage Indicates if this JSP page is a URL specified by another JSP page's
errorPage attribute.
extends Specifies a superclass that the generated servlet must extend

import Specifies a list of packages or classes for use in the JSP as the Java
import statement does for Java classes.

info Defines a string that can be accessed with the servlet's


getServletInfo method.

isThreadSafe Defines the threading model for the generated servlet.

language Defines the programming language used in the JSP page.

session Specifies whether or not the JSP page participates in HTTP sessions

isELIgnored Specifies whether or not EL expression within the JSP page will be
ignored.

isScriptingEnabled Determines if scripting elements are allowed for use.

Check more detail related to all the above attributes at Page Directive.

The include Directive:


The include directive is used to includes a file during the translation phase. This directive tells the
container to merge the content of other external files with the current JSP during the translation
phase. You may code include directives anywhere in your JSP page.

The general usage form of this directive is as follows:

<%@ include file="relative url" >

The filename in the include directive is actually a relative URL. If you just specify a filename with
no associated path, the JSP compiler assumes that the file is in the same directory as your JSP.

You can write XML equivalent of the above syntax as follows:

<jsp:directive.include file="relative url" />

Check more detail related to include directive at Include Directive.

The taglib Directive:


The JavaServer Pages API allows you to define custom JSP tags that look like HTML or XML tags and
a tag library is a set of user-defined tags that implement custom behavior.

The taglib directive declares that your JSP page uses a set of custom tags, identifies the location
of the library, and provides a means for identifying the custom tags in your JSP page.

The taglib directive follows the following syntax:

<%@ taglib uri="uri" prefix="prefixOfTag" >

Where the uri attribute value resolves to a location the container understands and the prefix
attribute informs a container what bits of markup are custom actions.

You can write XML equivalent of the above syntax as follows:

<jsp:directive.taglib uri="uri" prefix="prefixOfTag" />

Check more detail related to taglib directive at Taglib Directive.


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