A convenient, but not complete, reference for JSPs
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== Other References ==
 * [[http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/tags11.html|Sun's JSP Syntax Reference]]
 * JSTL
  * [[http://www.jadecove.com/jstl-quick-reference.pdf|Jade Cove JSTL Quick Reference]] (13-page pdf) by Bill Siggelkow
  * [[http://www.manning-source.com/books/bayern/bayern_apxA.pdf|JSTL Reference]] (20-page pdf) by Shawn Bayern, from ''JSTL in Action'' (ISBN:1930110529)
  * [[http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=30946&rl=1|The JSTL Expression Language]] by David M. Geary, from ''Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library'' (ISBN:0131001531)
 * Struts tags
  * [[http://struts.apache.org/struts-taglib/dev_bean.html|Bean]] taglib
  * [[http://struts.apache.org/struts-taglib/dev_html.html|HTML]] taglib
  

== Includes ==
''' Include directive '''
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm6.html
{{{
 <%@ include file="filename.jspf" %>
}}}
includes jsp fragment textually at translation (to servlet) time.

''' Include action '''
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm11.html
{{{
 <jsp:include page="page.jsp" flush="true" />
}}}
dynamically includes at runtime.

''' JSTL import '''
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/1.1/docs/tlddocs/c/import.html
{{{
 <c:import url="./copyright.html"/>
 <c:import url="http://www.somewhere.com/hello.xml"/>
}}}
dynamically includes from anywhere at runtime.


== Writing a value ==
'''Expressions'''
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/11/syntaxref11.fm4.html
{{{
 <%= stringBean %>
 <%= objectBean.someMethod() %>
}}}

'''Jakarta struts bean tag'''
http://struts.apache.org/struts-taglib/tagreference-struts-bean.html
{{{
 <bean:write name="someBean" property="propertyName" />     <!-- write the property itself -->

 <bean:message name="someBean" property="propertyName" />   <!-- write the value from the  -->
                                                            <!-- message bundle, using the -->
                                                            <!-- property as the key       -->
}}}


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