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1 Module 5 Developing with JavaServer Pages Technology Developing with JSP Technology 5 126 Omega Developing Applications for Java EE Platform Evaluate the role of JSP technology as a presentation Mechanism Author JSP pages Process data received from servlets in a JSP page Describe the use of tag libraries Objectives

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Evaluate the role of JSP technology as a presentationMechanism Author JSP pages Process data received from servlets in a JSP page Describe the use of tag libraries

Objectives

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JSP pages are text-based documents that describe how to process a request and create a response. Using JSP technology, a page designer creates a document to generate dynamic content. JSP elements:

• Enable external object access• Add canned programming capabilities

Source files for JSP pages typically end with the .jspextension.

JSP Technology as a Presentation

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JSP technology: Uses beans to interact with server-side objects Uses tag libraries to develop and extend the cannedcapabilities provided by actions Allows for a high degree of separation between the static and dynamic content in a JSP page Provides (where necessary) a powerful scripting language for JSP pages Is an integral part of the Java EE platform, and so provides front-end access to EJB components

JSP Technology as a Presentation

Mechanism

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JSP pages are web components that are based on the servlet model and that run as servlets:

Presentation Using JSP Pages Compared

to Servlets

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Presentation Using JSP Pages Compared

to Servlets

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You can separate programmatic functionality from presentation in JSP components in two ways: Incorporate classes with the <jsp:useBean> tag and theJSTL:

• Useful for carrying data into the JSP component• JSTL allows programmatic behavior without scriptlets

Make use of custom tag libraries:• Most valuable when tag libraries are general-purpose

and reusable• Less useful for page specific logic, such as unique form

processing

Worker Beans, JSTL, and Custom Tags

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JSP pages: Are translated into servlets on demand Can be deployed in the same manner as an HTML page, by copying the file onto the server

JSP Page Deployment Mechanism

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JSP Page Translation Procedure

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Ideally, a JSP page should be concerned with presentation logic only. A servlet is a better alternative for processing logic and for flow control. Using scripting code for processing logic and flow control within a JSP page results in problems that include: A JSP page author:

• Must code well in the scripting language• Might need more business domain knowledge

It is more difficult to see presentation information when you view the JSP page. Debugging is more difficult because of the added complexity and decreased clarity.

Java Code Embedded in JSP Pages

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A JSP page contains: Standard markup tags, such as HTML or XML Associated text data A variety of elements that are defined by the JSPspecification

Authoring JSP Pages

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JSP Page Components

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Syntactic forms of tags based on JSP tags can be represented in two different ways:

Syntactic Forms of JSP Tags

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Contain information to help a JSP container configure andrun a JSP page Are associated with the compiled servlet that is created from the JSP page Do not produce output Have the following generic syntax:

<%@ directive attribute="value" ... %>

JSP Technology Directives

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JSP Directives

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The page directive defines page-dependent attributes: An attribute and value pair cannot be redefined within atranslation unit, with the exception of the include pagedirective. Redefining a page directive results in a fatal translation error, unless the new and the old definitions are the same.

The page Directive

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Examples using both styles of syntax:

<%@ page import="java.util.*, java.lang.*" %>

<%@ page buffer="5kb" autoFlush="false" %>

<jsp:directive.page errorPage="error.jsp" />

The page Directive

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JSP page Directives

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The include Directive

The include directive: Inserts the text of the specified resource into the .jsp file at page translation time Treats resources as static objects Can be other HTML files or other JSP pages that contain text, or code, or both

Examples of the include directive:<%@ include file="relativeURL" %>

Or<jsp:directive.include file="relativeURL" />

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The include Directive

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Declarations, Expressions, and Scriptlets

Scripting elements allow a page designer to provide advanced programming capabilities. Scripting elements include: Declarations Expressions Scriptlets

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Declarations, Expressions, and Scriptlets

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Declaration Scripting Elements

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Expression Scripting Elements

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Scriptlet Scripting Elements

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Scriptlet Scripting Elements

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Scriptlet Scripting Elements

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Thread-Safety Implications

Declarations occur at the instance level of the generated servlet. Therefore: All requests to the JSP page share these variables and methods. Thread-safety problems can occur with this technique.

All of the cautions that apply to servlets and thread-safety, apply to JSP page declarations.

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Processing Data From Servlets

The JSP specification defines a standard set of action types that all JSP containers must implement, including: Create or use beans Set and get bean properties Include static and dynamic resources in the current page’s contextYou can define additional action types using custom tag libraries.

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The jsp:useBean Action

Creates or locates an existing bean that matches the criteria in the tag Associates the bean instance with a scope and action ID Makes the ID accessible by scripting elements and custom tags

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The jsp:useBean Action

Syntax of jsp:usebean:<jsp:useBean id="name" scope="scope" typeSpec />

Alternate syntax with initialization code:<jsp:useBean id="name" scope="scope" typeSpec>

<% ...initialization code... %>

</jsp:useBean>

typeSpec can be any of the following:class="className"

class="className" type="typeName"

beanName="beanName" type=" typeName"

type="typeName"

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The jsp:useBean Action

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The jsp:useBean Action

This graphic shows the id attribute

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The jsp:useBean Action

Examples of jsp:useBean:• Usage example for the id attribute:<jsp:useBean id="account” class="bank.Account”/>

• To retrieve the account balance, use the expression:<%=account.getBalance() %>

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The jsp:useBean Scopes

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Request-Scope Beans and Collecting Data

From Servlets

The jsp:useBean action is commonly used to share data between servlets and JSP pages. The following is a typical sequence of events involving jsp:useBean: A servlet performs front-end processing. The servlet sets an attribute on the request object. The servlet dispatches to a JSP page to display dynamic data. The JSP uses jsp:useBean with the request scope attribute to collect the data.

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Request-Scope Beans and Collecting Data

From Servlets

The following code snippet creates a new Customer object and saves it in a request attribute named customer:

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Request-Scope Beans and Collecting Data

From ServletsThe JSP page example.jsp that is illustrated in the following code snippet can then access and process the customer object as follows:

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The jsp:getProperty Action

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Custom Tag Libraries

Provide an alternative to scriptlets for customizing JSP pages for specific business needs

It is preferable to avoid scriptlet code in JSP pages. Use an XML-style tag format to provide canned capabilities to use, modify, or create objects

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The taglib Directive

Extends the set of tags that a JSP container can interpret Associates a tag prefix with a tag library that:

• Consists of a set of classes and a tag library descriptor• Implements the range of operations defined in the tags

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The taglib Directive

Format of the taglib directive:<%@ taglib uri="iterator_tags” prefix="iterator"%>

Tag library usage:<iterator:iterate>

<%-- perform repetitive task --%>

...

</iterator:iterate>

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The tag-library Descriptor and Java Classes

The URI mapping in the web application deployment descriptor maps a prefix to a TLD. The TLD is an XML file that is usually packaged in the web application or library, along with the classes that implement its range of operations.

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The tag-library Descriptor and Java Classes

Mapping example: In the JSP page:

<iterator:iterate id=”accounts”>

Information from the TLD:

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The Expression Language (EL)

The Expression Language is an easy to use language that can be embedded in JSP pages instead of scriptlets (when used with tag libraries). Its syntax is similar to JavaScript and can be learned by non-programmers.

$ 3 + 2

$ param.address

$ requestScope.customer.name

$ not empty sessionScope.message

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JSTL Examples

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Packaging Tag Libraries in Web Applications

With a custom tag library, the tag class must be in the classpath of the class loader. Tag classes can be located in the same directories as regular classes and jar libraries. A Java EE 5 application server implementation can support additional directories when determining the classpath. The standard tag libraries are already present on any Java EE 5 system as JAR files. JSTL JAR files have TLD files embedded in such a way that they do not require them to be listed in the web.xml file.