How This Book Is Organized

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Part II: JavaServer Pages

JSP provides a convenient alternative to servlets for pages that mostly 

consist of fixed content. Part II covers the use of JavaServer Pages ver 

sion 1.0 and 1.1. JSP topics include:

When and why you would use JavaServer Pages

How JSP pages are invoked

Using JSP expressions, scriptlets, and declarations

Predefined variables that can be used within expressions and 

scriptlets

The 

page

 directive

Designating which classes are imported

Specifying the MIME type of the page

Generating Excel spreadsheets

Controlling threading behavior

Participating in sessions

Setting the size and behavior of the output buffer

Designating pages to process JSP errors

XML compatible syntax for directives

Including JSP files at the time the main page is translated into a 

servlet

Including HTML or plain text files at the time the client 

requests the page

Including applets that use the Java Plug In

Using JavaBeans with JSP

Creating and accessing beans

Setting bean properties explicitly

Associating bean properties with input parameters

Automatic conversion of bean property types

Sharing beans among multiple JSP pages and servlets

Creating JSP tag libraries

Tag handler classes

Tag library descriptor files

The JSP 

taglib

 directive

Simple tags

Tags that use attributes

Tags that use the body content between their start and end tags

Tags that modify their body content

Looping tags

Nested tags