Introduction To JSP

Java Server Pages
- An Introduction
Sowmya Malagikar
26th October 2006
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Objectives
To be able to define JSP
To be able to discuss the use of JSP in
enterprise architectures To demonstrate the ability to write, debug and deploy JSPs
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Agenda
What is JSP ?
Relatives of JSP technology

JSP Elements
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What is JSP ?
Definition : * Mixing Static HTML With Dynamically Generated Content using Java technology * JSP is a dynamic scripting capability for web pages that allows java as well as a few special tags to be embedded into a web file (HTML/XML, etc). The suffix traditionally ends with .jsp to indicate to the web server that the file is a JSP file.
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What is JSP ? contd..

A standard component of J2EE A mixture of HTML and Java Effective way for generating dynamic HTML Server side processing Separates the graphical design from the dynamic content Can be customized by using Tags http://java.sun.com/products/jsp
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JSP Advantages
Separation of static from dynamic content
Write Once run anywhere

Dynamic content can be served in a variety
of formats
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Separation of static from dynamic content

Not a new idea Graphical Design and System Design are two separate and distinct specialities:
Different
languages (HTML vs. Java), Different goals, and Different Training.
Should be separated for optimal project management. JSP does this by allowing special Java tags in HTML
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A Simple Example
package example.servlets;
import javax.servlet.*; import java.io.*;

public class MyServlet extends GenericServlet { public void service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException { PrintWriter out = res.getWriter(); out.println("<html>"); out.println("<title> Hello World Example </title>"); out.println("<body><B>Hello World ! </B></body>"); out.println("</html>"); } }
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A Simple Example contd..

<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Hello World Example</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <B><% out.println("Hello World !"); %></B> </BODY> </HTML>
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Server Side Processing

JSP-enabled server
picks
up .jsp page parses it converts it to runnable form runs it
Converts page to a Java servlet (JspPage),
with your code inside the _jspService() method

compiles
it runs servlet program

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Server side processing contd..

A JSP page is executed in a JSP container, generally installed in a Web server
Think
of a JSP container as a JVM with suitable software installed
The underlying semantic model is that of a servlet A typical JSP container will translate the JSP page to a Java servlet
By default, translation and compilation of a JSP page is likely to occur the first time the page is accessed
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Server Side Processing contd..
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Server Side Processing contd..
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Life cycle of a JSP page

Initialize - jspInit()
Render service - jspService()

Complete - jspDestroy()
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Relatives of JSP Technology contd..

JSP versus Servlets Differences Servlets: HTML in Java code HTML code inaccessible to Graphics Designer Everything is accessible to Programmer JSP: Java Code Scriptlets in HTML HTML code very accessible to Graphics Designer Java code accessible to Programmer
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Relatives of JSP technology contd..

JSP versus Servelets
But JSP pages are converted to Servlets? Arent they the same?
Similarities
Provide
identical results to the end user JSP is an additional module to the Servlet Engine
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JSP Elements
Scriptlets of the form <% code %> that are inserted into the servlet's service method, and Directives g of the form <%@ ...%> gives JSP engine information for the page Expressions of the form <%= expression %> that are evaluated and inserted into the output Declarations of the form <%! code %> that are inserted into the body of the servlet class, outside of any existing methods
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JSP Elements example
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JSP Elements contd..

JSP expression A JSP expression is used to insert Java values directly into the output It has the following form:
<%= Java Expression %>
The Java expression is

evaluated, converted to a string, and inserted into the page
This evaluation is performed at runtime (when the
page is requested)
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JSP Elements contd..

Pre-defined variables The following pre-defined variables can be used: request, the HttpServletRequest response, the HttpServletResponse session, the HttpSession associated with the request (if any) out, the PrintWriter (a buffered version of type JspWriter) used to send output to the client
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Implicit Objects - example

<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>JSP Expressions</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H2>JSP Expressions</H2> <UL> <LI>Current time: <%= new java.util.Date() %> <LI>Your hostname: <%= request.getRemoteHost() %> <LI>Your session ID: <%= session.getId() %> <LI>The <CODE>testParam</CODE> form parameter: <%= request.getParameter("testParam") %> </UL> </BODY> </HTML>
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Implicit Objects contd..

There are eight automatically defined variables, sometimes called implicit objects The available variables are request, response, out, session, application, config, pageContext, and page
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JSP Elements - Directives

There are three main types of directive: page, which lets you do things like
import classes customize the servlet superclass
include, which lets you
insert a file into the servlet class at the time the JSP file is translated into a servlet
indicates a library of custom tags that the page can include
taglib directive
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Directives - examples
The page directive lets you define the
following attributes:
import="package.class
<%@ page import="java.util.*" %> contentType="MIME-Type" <%@ page contentType="text/plain" %>
(it is the same as

<% response.setContentType "text/plain");%> )
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More Directives
isThreadSafe=true|false Normal servlet processing or implementing SingleThreadModel session=true|false Allowing/disallowing sessions buffer=sizekb|none specifies the buffer size for the JspWriter out autoflush=true|false Flush buffer when full or throws an exception when buffer isfull
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More Directives contd..

extends=package.class
info=message
message for the getServletInfo method errorPage=url Define a JSP page that handles uncaught exceptions isErrorPage=true|false language=java
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More Directives contd..
This directive lets you include files at
the time the JSP page is translated into a servlet The directive looks like this: <%@ include file="relative url" %>
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Actions
JSP actions use constructs in XML syntax to control the behavior of the servlet engine You can
dynamically
insert a file,
reuse
JavaBeans components,
the user to another page, or HTML for the Java plugin
forward
generate
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Available Actions
Available actions include:
jsp:include -
Include a file at the time the page is
requested jsp:useBean - Find or instantiate a JavaBean jsp:setProperty - Set the property of a JavaBean jsp:getProperty - Insert the property of a JavaBean into the output jsp:forward - Forward the requester to a new page jsp:plugin - Generate browser-specific code that makes an OBJECT or EMBED tag for the Java plugin
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For Further Learning

Using JavaBean Components
Forwarding Requests to JSP/Servlet
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JSP resources
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/
http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp
http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jspinterest.html
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Imagination
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Java Server Pages

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Relatives of JSP technology

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What is JSP ? contd..

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Write Once run anywhere

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Separation of static from dynamic content

languages (HTML vs. Java), Different goals, and Different Training.

import javax.servlet.*; import java.io.*;

A Simple Example contd..

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Server Side Processing

up .jsp page parses it converts it to runnable form runs it

Converts page to a Java servlet (JspPage),

with your code inside the _jspService() method

it runs servlet program

Server side processing contd..

of a JSP container as a JVM with suitable software installed

Server Side Processing contd..

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Server Side Processing contd..

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Life cycle of a JSP page

Render service - jspService()

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Relatives of JSP Technology contd..

Relatives of JSP technology contd..

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JSP Elements example

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JSP Elements contd..

The Java expression is

This evaluation is performed at runtime (when the

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JSP Elements contd..

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Implicit Objects - example

Implicit Objects contd..

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JSP Elements - Directives

include, which lets you

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<%@ page import="java.util.*" %> contentType="MIME-Type" <%@ page contentType="text/plain" %>

(it is the same as

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More Directives contd..

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More Directives contd..

This directive lets you include files at

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Include a file at the time the page is

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For Further Learning

Forwarding Requests to JSP/Servlet

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import javax.servlet.; import java.io.;