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JavaServer Pages

JavaServer Pages (JSP) are server-side Java EE components that generate responses, typically HTML pages, to HTTP requests from clients. JSPs embed Java code in an HTML page by using the special delimiters <% and %>. A JSP is compiled to a Java servlet, a Java application in its own right, the first time it is accessed. After that, the generated servlet creates the response.

The following would be a valid for loop in a JSP page:


\begin{lstlisting} <p>Counting to three:</p> <% for (int i=1; i<4; i++) { %> <p>This number is <%= i %>.</p> <% } %> <p>OK.</p> \end{lstlisting}

The output displayed in the user's web browser would be:


\begin{lstlisting} Counting to three: \par This number is 1. \par This number is 2. \par This number is 3. \par OK. \end{lstlisting}