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ADVANCED JAVA PROGRAMMING

Types of Tags in JSP

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Smt M.Jeevana Sujitha

Assistant Professor

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A.P. - 534204

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OBJECTIVES

The Objective of this lecture is

  • To learn about Types of tags in JSP.

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Types of Tags in JSP

  • There are three types of tags in JSP they are
  • Scriptlet tag
  • Declarative tag
  • Expression tag

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Types of Tags in JSP

Scriptlet tag: The Scriptlet tag allows us to write the valid java code in the jsp page.

Syntax:

<%

Any valid java code

%>

Example:

<%

out.println(“JSP is better than servlets”);

%>

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Types of Tags in JSP

Declarative tag: The Declarative Tag is used to declare variables and methods in the jsp page.

Syntax:

<%!

variable declaration method declaration

%>

Example:

<%!

String msg="Srkr engineering";

%>

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Types of Tags in JSP

Expression tag: The Jsp expressions are used to insert java values directly into the output.

syntax:

<%=

Expression code

%>

<%!

String msg=" Srkr engineering ";

%>

<%=msg %>

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